We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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Anand Thakur
We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe ought to consider the end in everything.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINESadness flies away on the wings of time.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIn short, luck’s always to blame.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBut every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEveryone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA bluejay in peacock feathers.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt 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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINERare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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 FONTAINEThe reason of the strongest is always the best.
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