The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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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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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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