We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEYou’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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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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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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