A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe risk all in being too greedy.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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We are never content with our lot.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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