There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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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One returns to the place one came from.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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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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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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