We heed no instincts but our own.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBetter a living beggar than a buried emperor.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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I bend but do not break.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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