A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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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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