The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINETis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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I bend and do not break.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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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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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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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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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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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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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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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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Still people are dangerous.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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In this world we must help one another.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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