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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
Jean de La Fontaine
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
Jean de La Fontaine
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 butchers trade.
Jean de La Fontaine
One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
Jean de La Fontaine
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
Jean de La Fontaine
