Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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I bend, but I do not break.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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I bend but do not break.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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