He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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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We risk all in being too greedy.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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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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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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