We ought to consider the end in everything.
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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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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The sign brings customers.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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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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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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