To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEPeople must help one another; it is nature’s law.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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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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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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