He knows the universe and does not know himself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINESilent people are dangerous; others are not so.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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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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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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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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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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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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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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