One often has need of one inferior to himself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEI bend and do not break.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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I bend but do not break.
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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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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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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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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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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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