What God does, He does well.
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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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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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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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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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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The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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