How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINETo hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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What God does, He does well.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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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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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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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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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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