I bend, but I do not break.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHabit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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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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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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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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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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I bend and do not break.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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