Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEPatience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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By the work one knows the workman.
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In this world we must help one another.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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