It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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In this world we must help one another.
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The sign brings customers.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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