Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe worst time is always the present.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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I bend and do not break.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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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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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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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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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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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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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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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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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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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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