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.
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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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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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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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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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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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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