Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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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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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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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We heed no instincts but our own.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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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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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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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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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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The sign brings customers.
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