A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBy the work one knows the workman.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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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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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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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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The worst time is always the present.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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