I bend but do not break.
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.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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What 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.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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What God does, He does well.
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The worst time is always the present.
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