From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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In this world we must help one another.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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