Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHe knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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In this world we must help one another.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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