Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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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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One returns to the place one came from.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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The sign brings customers.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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