A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEGentleness succeeds better than violence.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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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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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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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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