Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEExample is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Still people are dangerous.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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The worst time is always the present.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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