But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEReligious contention is the devil’s harvest.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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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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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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I bend but do not break.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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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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I bend and do not break.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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