Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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 are never content with our lot.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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The sign brings customers.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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