Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINELet ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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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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Better to suffer than to die.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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I bend and do not break.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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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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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
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