Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBetter to suffer than to die.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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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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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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What God does, He does well.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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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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