No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHalf of today is better than all of tomorrow.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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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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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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What God does, He does well.
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Still people are dangerous.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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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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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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