Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe heed no instincts but our own.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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The sign brings customers.
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In this world we must help one another.
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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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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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