No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBetter a living beggar than a buried emperor.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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In this world we must help one another.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Nothing 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.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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