To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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Anand Thakur
To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEPatience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOften we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEToo many expedients may spoil an affair.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEvery flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENo path of flowers leads to glory.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINELet ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEAnyone 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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEAlas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEStill people are dangerous.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIf you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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