I bend but do not break.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe heed no instincts but our own.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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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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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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