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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEMan is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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I bend but do not break.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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The sign brings customers.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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In this world we must help one another.
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