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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINETo live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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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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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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One returns to the place one came from.
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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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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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