Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEvery one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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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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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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The worst time is always the present.
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I bend but do not break.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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