We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIn every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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I bend and do not break.
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We are never content with our lot.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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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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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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The sign brings customers.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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