Jean De La Fontaine

(20 votes)   Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

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(15 votes)   Rather suffer than die is man's motto.

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(14 votes)   Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.

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(10 votes)   Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

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(9 votes)   Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.

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(9 votes)   It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

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(235 votes)   Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

Jean De La Fontaine
1621-1695, French Poet

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(167 votes)   We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune.

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(117 votes)   Luck's always to blame.

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(104 votes)   In short, luck's always to blame.

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(102 votes)   Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

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(101 votes)   Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend.

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(98 votes)   Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

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(98 votes)   The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

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(94 votes)   Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.

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