Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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