He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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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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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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