In short, luck’s always to blame.
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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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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What God does, He does well.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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