By the work one knows the workman.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIf every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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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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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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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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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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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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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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