From a distance it is something and nearby it is nothing.
More Quotes from Jean de La Fontaine:
Death does not surprise a wise man, He is always ready to leave.Jean de La Fontaine
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly to be gay without being boisterous to be courageous without being bold to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism -- this is the art of living.
Jean de La Fontaine
There is nothing useless to men of sense.
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