Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENo path of flowers leads to glory.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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I bend and do not break.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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What God does, He does well.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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The sign brings customers.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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