It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEImitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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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 best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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