But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBut every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEI bend, but I do not break.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe believe no evil till the evil’s done.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINELove cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA 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 FONTAINEBeware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEMen of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBut the shortest works are always the best.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOften we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBy the work one knows the workman.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing 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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENever sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEPatience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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