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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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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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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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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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