Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENo favor can win gratitude from a cat.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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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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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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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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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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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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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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