Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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The worst time is always the present.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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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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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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