The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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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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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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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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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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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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