People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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Anand Thakur
People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOne 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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINERely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINESocrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEven if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEPatience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINESilent people are dangerous; others are not so.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA 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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHow wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENo path of flowers leads to glory.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHabit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing weighs more than a secret.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEAn author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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