We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEPatience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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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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We risk all in being too greedy.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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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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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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