There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENo path of flowers leads to glory.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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