Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEO love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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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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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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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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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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I bend and do not break.
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