Better to suffer than to die.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBetter to suffer than to die.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe risk all in being too greedy.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEAll the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEveryone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBetter to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINERogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBeware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBlind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe heed no instincts but our own.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEReligious contention is the devil’s harvest.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINETo 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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINESensible people find nothing useless.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENeither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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