Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing 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.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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In everything one must consider the end.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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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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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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