To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEImitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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I bend but do not break.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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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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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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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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