Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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I bend, but I do not break.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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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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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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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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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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