As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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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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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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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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Diversity, that is my motto.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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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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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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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.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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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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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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What God does, He does well.
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