One returns to the place one came from.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOur destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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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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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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