A hungry stomach cannot hear.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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The sign brings customers.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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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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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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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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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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