There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHabit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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We are never content with our lot.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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