Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEDressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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