Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINELove cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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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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