Jean de La Fontaine

STATUS QUOtes — 20240621

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“Platitudes? Yes, there are platitudes.
Platitudes are there because they are true.”
— Margaret Thatcher —

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“Don’t use yesterday’s state of mind to make today’s decision.” — C. Nzingha Smith

“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

“Though all people be equally frail before the world, the differences between them are terrifying.” — R. Scott Bakker

“We learn from experience. A man never wakes up his second baby just to see it smile.” — Grace Williams

 

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“I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.”
— Marlene Dietrich —

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20191026

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.” — W.H. Auden

“When you get hungry enough in a foreign country, you find yourself speaking their language pretty well [paraphrased].” — Josh Gibson

“How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.” — Jean de La Fontaine

“Cats are smarter than dogs. You can’t get eight cats to pull a sled through snow.” — Jeff Valdez

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20190917

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.” — Jean De La Fontaine

“Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.” — Jane Howard

“Before you agree to do anything that might add even the smallest amount of stress to your life, ask yourself: What is my truest intention? Give yourself time to let a yes resound within you. When it’s right, I guarantee that your entire body will feel it.” — Oprah Winfrey

“I don’t get nearly enough credit in life for the things I manage not to say.” — Meg Rosoff

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20171120

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.” — Jean de La Fontaine

“No door is so tight that rumors cannot escape it.” — Robin Hobb, Dragon Keeper

“You must have been warned against letting the golden hours slip by. Yes, but some of them are golden only because we let them slip by.” — James M. Barrie

“The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.” — Shirley MacLaine

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20171029

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“By the work one knows the workman.” — Jean de La Fontaine

“There are few things as seemingly untouched by the real world as a child asleep.” — John Irving

“It is a thing of no great difficulty to raise objections against another man’s oration — nay, it is a very easy matter — but to produce a better in its place is a work extremely troublesome.” — Plutarch

“The day I worry about cleaning my house is the day Sears comes out with a riding vacuum cleaner.” — Roseanne Barr

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20170927

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Today’s STATUS QUOtes

 

“The hand cannot reach higher than does the heart.” — Orison Swett Marden

“Let us not overstrain our abilities, or we shall do nothing with grace. A clown, whatever he may do, will never pass for a gentleman.” — Jean de La Fontaine

“Live so that you can at least get the benefit of the doubt.” — Kin Hubbard

“When I ask what time it is – I don’t need to know how the watch is built.” — Anonymous

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 2015112

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“Geologists have a saying – rocks remember.” — Neil Armstrong

“You are never stronger…than when you land on the other side of despair.” — Zadie Smith

“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.” — Jean de La Fontaine

“When a person tells you, ‘I’ll think it over and let you know’ — you know.” — Olin Miller

 

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