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JEAN DE LA FONTAINEFriendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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In this world we must help one another.
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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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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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