Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHelp yourself, and Heaven will help you.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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In everything we ought to look at the end.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
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Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Men 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.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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