A bluejay in peacock feathers.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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I bend but do not break.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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