Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBy the work one knows the workman.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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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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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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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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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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