We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe reason of the strongest is always the best.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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In this world we must help one another.
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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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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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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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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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