Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEFriendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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The sign brings customers.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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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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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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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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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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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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