He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEReligious contention is the devil’s harvest.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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What God does, He does well.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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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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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
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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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Cats know not how to pardon.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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