A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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The sign brings customers.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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