A hare is not caught with a drum.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBetter a living beggar than a buried emperor.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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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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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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We are never content with our lot.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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The sign brings customers.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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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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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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