Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINELove cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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