There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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I bend and do not break.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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