One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEO tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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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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The strongest passion is fear.
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