Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Anand Thakur
Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHe knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEMen of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEPeople who make no noise are dangerous.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINELet fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINERare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINELearn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOne should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOften we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWhat God does, He does well.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA hungry stomach cannot hear.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINECats know not how to pardon.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEveryone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA bluejay in peacock feathers.
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