Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINERather suffer than die is man’s motto.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEPatience and time do more than strength or passion.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIf you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENo favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEAnyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIf every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEFrom a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEDeath never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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Better to suffer than to die.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBetter to suffer than to die.
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By the work one knows the workman.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBy the work one knows the workman.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe heed no instincts but our own.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINELies and literature have always been friends.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEvery journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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