Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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I bend and do not break.
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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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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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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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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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