By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENo favor can win gratitude from a cat.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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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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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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