Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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Anand Thakur
Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEMan is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENever sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEveryone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEGentleness succeeds better than violence.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEDiversity, that is my motto.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe are never content with our lot.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBetter a living beggar than a buried emperor.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINERather suffer than die is man’s motto.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThere is no road of flowers leading to glory.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOne should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA bluejay in peacock feathers.
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