Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe believe no evil till the evil’s done.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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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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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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I bend and do not break.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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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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