The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBy the work one knows the workman.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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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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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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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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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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