Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing 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.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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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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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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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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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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