Diversity, that is my motto.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENeither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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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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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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I bend and do not break.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Still people are dangerous.
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