Better to suffer than to die.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHabit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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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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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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