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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Anand Thakur
Everyone 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 FONTAINEDressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEAlas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEDeath never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOne 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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBe advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt 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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEPatience and time do more than strength or passion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINETo hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOften we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEImitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHe is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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