The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
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Anand Thakur
The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe heed no instincts but our own.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBetter to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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 FONTAINEI bend but do not break.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOne should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe ought to consider the end in everything.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINELearn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINELynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEPatience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEMan is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEI bend and do not break.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBe advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe risk all in being too greedy.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEFrom a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
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