Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOften we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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I bend but do not break.
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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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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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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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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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The worst time is always the present.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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