Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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Still people are dangerous.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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