Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEImitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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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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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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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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