As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEO tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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Sensible people find nothing useless.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
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O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
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No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
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