What 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 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.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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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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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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