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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThere is no road of flowers leading to glory.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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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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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Still people are dangerous.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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