Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIn everything we ought to look at the end.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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