People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHe is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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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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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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