Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEvery editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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The worst time is always the present.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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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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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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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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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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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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