A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBetter a living beggar than a buried emperor.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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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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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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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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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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