Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEvery journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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