To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINETo win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBetter a living beggar than a buried emperor.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEO love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEFrom a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIn short, luck’s always to blame.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWhat a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOne returns to the place one came from.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINERather suffer than die is man’s motto.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIn everything one must consider the end.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEveryone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBut every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHabit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEFriendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEPatience and time do more than strength or passion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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