It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEAll the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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The sign brings customers.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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I bend and do not break.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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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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