We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIn this world we must help one another.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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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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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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I bend but do not break.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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