We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENo favor can win gratitude from a cat.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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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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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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I bend and do not break.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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