Sensible people find nothing useless.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEven if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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The sign brings customers.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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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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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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In this world we must help one another.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
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