A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBetter to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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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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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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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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