We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing weighs more than a secret.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Better to suffer than to die.
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You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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In this world we must help one another.
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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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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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