In everything we ought to look at the end.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEvery one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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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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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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A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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We are never content with our lot.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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