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1. "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
2. "Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
3. "Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
4. "It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
5. "Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
6. "By the work one knows the workman." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
7. "Better a living beggar than a buried emperor." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
8. "Help thyself and Heaven will help thee." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
9. "We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
10. "I bend and do not break." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
11. "Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
12. "Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
13. "There's nothing sweeter than a real friend:Not only is he prompt to lend—An angler delicate, he fishesThe very deepest of your wishes,And spares your modesty the taskHis friendly aid to ask.A dream, a shadow, wakes his fear,When pointing at the object dear." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
14. "To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
15. "Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
16. "Apprenez que tout flatteurVit aux dépens de celui qui l'écoute :Cette leçon vaut bien un fromage, sans doute.Flatterers thrive on fools' credulity.The lesson's worth a cheese, don't you agree?" ~ Jean De La Fontaine
17. "A menudo encontramos nuestro destino por los caminos que tomamos para evitarlo." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
18. "The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man's perfidy will rebound on himself." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
19. "Todos los cerebros del mundo son impotentes contra cualquier estupidez que esté de moda." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
20. "Quand l'ab?urde e?t outré, on lui fait trop d'honneurDe vouloir par rai?on, combattre ?on erreur:Enchérir e?t plus court, ?ans s'échauffer la bile." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
21. "Lai??ez dire les ?ots, le ?avoir a ?on prix." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
22. "Rien ne sert de courir il faut partir à point" ~ Jean De La Fontaine
23. "Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
24. "Patience and time do more than strength or passion." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
25. "Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
26. "A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
27. "Sadness flies away on the wings of time." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
28. "Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
29. "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
30. "Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
31. "Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide." ~ Jean De La Fontaine
32. "People who make no noise are dangerous." ~ Jean De La Fontaine

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