Still people are dangerous.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHe knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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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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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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