A bluejay in peacock feathers.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINESensible people find nothing useless.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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By the work one knows the workman.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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What God does, He does well.
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The sign brings customers.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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We are never content with our lot.
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