Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEDeath never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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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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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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