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The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.
The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.
The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such
as have only to execute them.
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The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such
as have only to execute them.
[Fr., C'est une importune garde, du secret des princes, a qui
n'en que faire.]
Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all.
Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.
Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.
My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.
My wish isn't to mean everything to everyone but something to someone.
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to read more
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
To offer a man unsolicited advice is to presume that he doesn't know what to do or that he can't read more
To offer a man unsolicited advice is to presume that he doesn't know what to do or that he can't do it on his own.
Irony is jesting behind hidden gravity.
Irony is jesting behind hidden gravity.
A fop sometimes gives important advice.
[Fr., Un fat quelquefois ouvre un avis important.]
A fop sometimes gives important advice.
[Fr., Un fat quelquefois ouvre un avis important.]
