Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINETo 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.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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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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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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