Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINESilent people are dangerous; others are not so.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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The worst time is always the present.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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I bend but do not break.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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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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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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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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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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