One often has need of one inferior to himself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINESilent people are dangerous; others are not so.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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We are never content with our lot.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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