By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINERare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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