It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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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We heed no instincts but our own.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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I bend and do not break.
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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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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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