The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBy the work one knows the workman.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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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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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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We are never content with our lot.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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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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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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