Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINETo win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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I bend but do not break.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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