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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWomen keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
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O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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What God does, He does well.
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