By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEMan is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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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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In this world we must help one another.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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