We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWomen keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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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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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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I bend but do not break.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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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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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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