But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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We are never content with our lot.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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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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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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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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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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