A hungry stomach cannot hear.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing weighs more than a secret.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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In this world we must help one another.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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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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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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