To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENo path of flowers leads to glory.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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