We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBetter to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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I bend and do not break.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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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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We risk all in being too greedy.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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In this world we must help one another.
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