A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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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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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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