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Jean De La Fontaine Inspirational Quotes (86)

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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl. [Fr., Honteux comme un renard qu'une poule aurait pris.]
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves. [Fr., Lynx envers nos pareils, et taupes envers nous.]
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Still people are dangerous.
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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In this world we must help one another.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity). [Fr., Mais un pripon d'enfant (cet age est sans pitie).
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion. [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis Que les imitateurs.]
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Silent people are dangerous others are not so. [Fr., Les gens sans bruit sont dangereux Il n'en est pas ainsi des autres.]
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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