Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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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By the work one knows the workman.
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The worst time is always the present.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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The sign brings customers.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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