Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBe advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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What God does, He does well.
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I bend but do not break.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
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Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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