He knows the universe and does not know himself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBut the shortest works are always the best.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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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 cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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