O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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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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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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The sign brings customers.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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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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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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