An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEAll roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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The worst time is always the present.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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