Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

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I bend and do not break.

I bend and do not break.

It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.

It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.

Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.

Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.

There is no road of flowers leading to glory

There is no road of flowers leading to glory

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

One often has need of one, inferior to himself.

One often has need of one, inferior to himself.

There is no road of flowers leading to glory.

There is no road of flowers leading to glory.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value

A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.

A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.

Rather suffer than die is man's motto.

Rather suffer than die is man's motto.

It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

The strongest passion is fear.

The strongest passion is fear.

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

People must help one another; it is nature's law.

People must help one another; it is nature's law.

To win a race, the swiftness of a dart availeth not without a timely start.

To win a race, the swiftness of a dart availeth not without a timely start.

Luck's always to blame.

Luck's always to blame.

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a...

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a...

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature; the malice of a good...

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature; the malice of a good...