Nothing weighs more than a secret.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINELet us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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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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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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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.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Men 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.
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