It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBeware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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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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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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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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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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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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