A Quote by Jean de La Fontaine
Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
[Fr., Rien n'est si dangereux qu'un ignorant ami;
Mieux vaudrait un sage ennemi.]
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He who lives without committing any folly is not so wise as he thinks.
[Fr., Qui vit sans folie n'est pas si sage qu'il croit.]
Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary.
[Fr., Ce n'est pas etre sage
D'etre plus sage qu'il ne le faut.]
Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
[Fr., Les gens sans bruit sont dangereux;
Il n'en est pas ainsi des autres.]
Rien n'est plus parfait, plus acheve qu'un cadavre. Nothing is more perfect, more complete than a corpse.
Rien n'est vrai que ce qu'on ne dit pas. Nothing is true except that which is unsaid.
Sensible people find nothing useless.
[Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
L'univers?je l'en estime plus depuis que je sais qu'il ressemble a' une montre; il est surprenant que l'ordre de la nature, tout admirable qu'il est, ne roule que sur des choses si simples. I have come to esteem the universe more now that I know it resembles a watch; it is surprising that the order of nature, as admirable as it is, only runs on such simple things.
Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever.
It is worse that a crime, it is a blunder.
[Fr., C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute.]
Un homme n'est rien d'autre qu'une se rie d'entreprises. A man is no other than a series of undertakings.
But it is at home and not in public that one should wash ones dirty linen.
[Fr., Car c'est en famille, ce n'est pas en public, qu'un lave son linge sale.]
Honor is like an island, rugged and without shores; we can never re-enter it once we are on the outside.
[Fr., L'honneur est comme une ile escarpee et sans bords;
On n'y peut plus rentrer des qu'on en est dehors.]
Si quelqu'un veut un mouton, c'est la preuve qu'il en existe un. (If somebody wants a sheep, that is a proof that one exists.)
It's quite simple: One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes.
[Fr., Il est tres simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.]
The feeling ("sens", Fr.) of solidarity that is born amidst a community rest on the feeling of antagonism arouse (aroused ? arose ?... sorry, - "suscité", Fr.) by those who are opposed to it. Most of the time we only adhere to a party or a group, in order to better (or more, - "pour mieux se", Fr.) differentiate ourselves of another.
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