In short, luck’s always to blame.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHalf of today is better than all of tomorrow.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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