By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBut the shortest works are always the best.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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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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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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I bend and do not break.
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I bend but do not break.
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