A hungry stomach cannot hear.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEImitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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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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We are never content with our lot.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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The worst time is always the present.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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What God does, He does well.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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