Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENo favor can win gratitude from a cat.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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In this world we must help one another.
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What God does, He does well.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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