Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Still people are dangerous.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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The worst time is always the present.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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I bend but do not break.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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