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 FONTAINEEvery journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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