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FONTAINE, Charles Quotes
(1515-1590), French poet
Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst.—Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
Example is a dangerous lure; where the wasp got through, the gnat sticks fast.
Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
Imitators are a servile race.
Imprudence, silly talk, foolish vanity, and vain curiosity, are closely allied: they are children of one family.
When a secretary of Washington, excusing himself for being late, said that his watch was too slow, the reply of Washington was, "You must get a new watch, or I must get a new secretary."
It is of no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
Rogues are always found out in some way.—Whoever is a wolf will act as a wolf; that is the most certain of all things.
Nothing is so oppressive as a secret.—It is difficult for ladies to keep it long; and I know, in this matter, a good number of men who are women.
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