What God does, He does well.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEFoxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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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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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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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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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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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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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Still people are dangerous.
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