Jean de La Fontaine Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Patience and time do more than strength or passion.”
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“Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.”
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“Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.”
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“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.”
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“Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.”
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“Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.”
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“People who make no noise are dangerous.”
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“In this world we must help one another.”
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“Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.”
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“Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.”
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“Anyone 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.”
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“Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.”
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“Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.”
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“Sadness flies away on the wings of time.”
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“In everything one must consider the end.”
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“A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.”
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“To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism - this is the art of living.”
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“Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.”
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“People must help one another; it is nature's law.”
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“Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.”
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“Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.”
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“Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.”
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“Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.”
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“Socrates, 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.”
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“Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.”
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“It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.”
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“If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.”
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“Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.”
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“We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?”
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