Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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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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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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The worst time is always the present.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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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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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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