Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEI bend and do not break.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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To 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.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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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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Still people are dangerous.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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