A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Future, Destiny, Took, Person
Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Love, Friendship, Rarer
Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Nothing, Everyone, Commoner, Rarer
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Fires, Made, His, Impossibilities
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.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Love, Will, Abuse, Animated
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Friendship, Which, Increases, Setting Sun
Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Living, Better, Than, Emperor
The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Unfortunate, Satisfies, Fastidious
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Wisdom, Appearance, Beware, Outward
We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Happy, Die, Before, Laugh
Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Live, Expense, Them, Advised
Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Greatness, Wealth, Neither, Render
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Discretion, Preferable, Even, Prudent
Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Wise, Ignorant, Nothing, Preferred
We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Give, Surrounded, Read, Foolish
The argument of the strongest is always the best.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Best, Argument, Always, Strongest
The strongest passion is fear.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Fear, Passion, Strongest
Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Help, Will, Thee, Thyself
It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Pleasure, Double, Deceive, Deceiver
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Pleasure, Deceive, Twice, Deceiver
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Optimist, Better, Worse, Pessimist
People who make no noise are dangerous.
- Jean de La Fontaine
People, Dangerous, Make, Noise
There is nothing useless to men of sense.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Men, Nothing, Sense, Useless
Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Far, Terror, Wide, Lion
One returns to the place one came from.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Place, Came, Returns
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Surprise, Never, Always, Wise Man
Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Never, Sell, Before, Bear
Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Journalist, Owes, Every, Evil
I bend and do not break.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Break, Bend
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Shame, Which, Repeats, Neither
It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Father, World, Dad, All The World
By the work one knows the workman.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Work, Workman, Knows
Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Flatterer, Lives, Listens, Expense
Luck's always to blame.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Luck, Always, Blame
In short, Luck's always to blame.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Luck, Short, Always, Blame
But the shortest works are always the best.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Best, Always, Works, Shortest
A hungry stomach cannot hear.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Hungry, Hear, Cannot, Stomach
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Sad, Away, Flies, Wings
Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Learning, Ignorance, Will, Talk
Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Die, Suffer, Rather, Motto
Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Desire, Very, Believes, Whatever
We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Through, See, Like, Others
One often has need of one, inferior to himself.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Need, Often, Inferior, Himself
People must help one another; it is nature's law.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Nature, Law, Another, Help
Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Strength, Time, More, Passion
There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
- Jean de La Fontaine
Road, Glory, Leading, Flowers
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