Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe strongest passion is fear.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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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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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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What God does, He does well.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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