It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe ought to consider the end in everything.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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