Nothing weighs more than a secret.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHalf of today is better than all of tomorrow.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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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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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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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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Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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