Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIn short, luck’s always to blame.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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I bend but do not break.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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