Jean De La Fontaine Quotes
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“Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.”
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Everyone believes very easily whatever he fears or desires.
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“To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.”
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“Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.”
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“Death never takes the wise man by surprise; He is always ready to go.”
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“Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil.”
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“Beware, so long as you live, or judging men by their outwards appearance.”
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“Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.”
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“Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.”
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“A hungry stomach cannot hear.”
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By the work one knows the workman.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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“One often has need of one, inferior to himself.”
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“Rather suffer than die is man's motto.”
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“Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.”
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“One returns to the place one came from.”
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“We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.”
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“Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.”
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“All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.”
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In everything one must consider the end.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
[Fr., Coups de fourches ni d'etriveres,
Ne lui font changer de manieres.]
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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“It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.”
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Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.
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“Cats know not how to pardon.”
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“Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.”
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own,
Believe no evil, till the evil's done.
[Fr., Nous n'ecoutons d'instincts que ceux qui sont les notres.
Et ne croyons le mal que quand il est venu.]
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“Sensible people find nothing useless.
[Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]”
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“From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.”
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“No path of flowers leads to glory.”
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“Better to suffer than to die.”
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“He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.”
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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“Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.”
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“All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.”
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire
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“Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.”
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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“In everything we ought to look at the end.”
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“What God does, He does well.”
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“Gentleness succeeds better than violence.”
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“Nothing weighs more than a secret.”
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