To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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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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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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I bend but do not break.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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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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