If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe believe no evil till the evil’s done.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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