We heed no instincts but our own.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINESilent people are dangerous; others are not so.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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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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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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In this world we must help one another.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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