Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHelp yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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I bend, but I do not break.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEI bend, but I do not break.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe risk all in being too greedy.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENeither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHabit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBut every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe heed no instincts but our own.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINERely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEDiversity, that is my motto.
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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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEven 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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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEToo many expedients may spoil an affair.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEAnyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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