Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIn everything we ought to look at the end.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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