Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
Quotes from Fables — Jean de La Fontaine
1621–1695 France
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Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Beware, as long as you live, of judging people by appearances.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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The opinion of the strongest is always the best.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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There's nothing useless to a man of sense.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.
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The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart availeth not without a timely start.
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The ant is no lender; that is the least of her faults.
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Better to suffer than to die: that is mankind's motto.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jean de La Fontaine (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.