Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe heed no instincts but our own.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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I bend but do not break.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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What God does, He does well.
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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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We heed no instincts but our own.
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What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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We are never content with our lot.
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