Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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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.
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A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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