How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWhat God does, He does well.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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One returns to the place one came from.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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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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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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What God does, He does well.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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