Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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I bend and do not break.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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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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We are never content with our lot.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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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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What God does, He does well.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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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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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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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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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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