Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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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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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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I bend but do not break.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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