A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINETo win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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We are never content with our lot.
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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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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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