Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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The worst time is always the present.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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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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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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