A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEStill people are dangerous.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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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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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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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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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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