We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEPatience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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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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I bend and do not break.
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In this world we must help one another.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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