Diversity, that is my motto.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIn everything we ought to look at the end.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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