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One Quotes by Jean de La Fontaine
- It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at…
- In everything one must consider the end.
- People must help one another; it is nature's law.
- One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the…
- The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
- In this world we must help one another.
- It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the…
- Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, "Let him beat me too…
- Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are…
- But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
- 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,…
- Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
- One often has need of one, inferior to himself.
- It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.
- Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
- One returns to the place one came from.
- By the work one knows the workman.
- One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a TO DO List every day, keep it visible, and use it as a…
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- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
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