He knows the universe and does not know himself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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The sign brings customers.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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