Jean de La Fontaine on oneself
Jean de La Fontaine147 quotes“Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.”
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine In short, luck’s always to blame.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine 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.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Sensible people find nothing useless.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine 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.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine We risk all in being too greedy.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Better to suffer than to die.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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You were fully clothed in lies, I was naked in truth. Still, when morning came It was I who survived the cold.
Obehi Vessel A.Obehi Vessel A. I loved you as Icarus loved the sun- too close, too much.
David JonesDavid Jones We attract who our souls need to grow.
Mark AnthonyMark Anthony You’re my bad habit, on this dark planet, light up my world like stars, now they’re ashes.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Permanence is a wonderful magician. Now you see him, next he goes on to perform the greatest disappearing act of all time.
Hamilton K. AmadiHamilton K. Amadi Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans You shined your light on all the things I’ve been trying so hard to hide.
CindyCindy You are the love I could never escape not that I would ever want to.
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Imprisoned quacks are always replaced by new ones.
Rudolf VirchowRudolf Virchow One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner.
John BunyanJohn Bunyan Women are one and all a set of vultures.
PetroniusPetronius A person himself believes that all the other portraits are good likenesses except the one of himself.
Edvard MunchEdvard Munch The Alliance for Progress is an alliance between one millionaire and many beggars.
Fidel CastroFidel Castro One does not fight to influence change and then leave the change to someone else to bring about.
Stokely CarmichaelStokely Carmichael Always remember that you belong to no one, and no one belongs to you. Reflect that some day you will suddenly have to leave everything in this world – so make the acquaintanceship of God now.
Lahiri MahasayaLahiri Mahasaya The same inexpressible Truth is experienced in two ways: as Self-luminous Silence, or as the Eternal Play of the One.
Anandamayi MaAnandamayi Ma