It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Anand Thakur
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEMen 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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIs not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEGentleness succeeds better than violence.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIn this world we must help one another.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBut every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINETis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEO love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBeware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEveryone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBut a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThere is no road of flowers leading to glory.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWhat a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHe knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINERather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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