We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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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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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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I bend but do not break.
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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.
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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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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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What God does, He does well.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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