Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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I bend but do not break.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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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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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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