Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEO tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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I bend and do not break.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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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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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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In this world we must help one another.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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