Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEDeath never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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I bend and do not break.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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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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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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What God does, He does well.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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