He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINELies and literature have always been friends.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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