It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINELet ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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What God does, He does well.
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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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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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