Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENever sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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