Jean de La Fontaine Quotes

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 butcher's trade.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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The worst time is always the present.
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From a distance it is something and nearby it is nothing.
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Help yourself and heaven will help you.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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All roads lead to Rome but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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The more wary you are of danger the more likely you are to meet it.
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Man is so made that whenever anything fires his soul impossibilities vanish.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear!
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I bend but I do not break.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Help yourself and heaven will help you.
Jean de La Fontaine
Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
Jean de La Fontaine
The more wary you are of danger the more likely you are to meet it.
Jean de La Fontaine
Man is so made that whenever anything fires his soul impossibilities vanish.
Jean de La Fontaine
By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
Jean de La Fontaine
Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.
Jean de La Fontaine
To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear!
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I bend but I do not break.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil.
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In this world we must help one another.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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A fly sat on the chariot wheel And said "What a dust I raise."
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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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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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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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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Everyone believes very easily whatever he fears or desires.
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Rien ne sert de courir il faut partir à point
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