Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINELet ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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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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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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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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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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