Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINERather suffer than die is man’s motto.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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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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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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