We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEStill people are dangerous.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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