The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEI bend and do not break.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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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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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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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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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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