I bend and do not break.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEStill people are dangerous.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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We are never content with our lot.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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Still people are dangerous.
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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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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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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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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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