Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEI bend but do not break.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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What God does, He does well.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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