What God does, He does well.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIs not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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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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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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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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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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