The reason of the strongest is always the best.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEvery flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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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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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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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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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Still people are dangerous.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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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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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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I bend and do not break.
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