To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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What God does, He does well.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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