I bend, but I do not break.
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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Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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