Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINELies and literature have always been friends.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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The worst time is always the present.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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