Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA hungry stomach cannot hear.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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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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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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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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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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