Sensible people find nothing useless.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINETis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
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We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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We ought to consider the end in everything.
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Lies and literature have always been friends.
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