As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe believe no evil till the evil’s done.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
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A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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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.
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