It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWhat God does, He does well.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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