Still people are dangerous.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEFrom a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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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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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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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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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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