Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEImitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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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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The sign brings customers.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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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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In everything one must consider the end.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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I bend but do not break.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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