But the shortest works are always the best.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEMan is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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Still people are dangerous.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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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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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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What God does, He does well.
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