Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIn everything we ought to look at the end.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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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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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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The sign brings customers.
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