Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINELynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Still people are dangerous.
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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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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
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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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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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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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Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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