As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEAs sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINERare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIs not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEPatience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOne returns to the place one came from.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBeware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWhat God does, He does well.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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 as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIf you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINECats know not how to pardon.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENever sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINELies and literature have always been friends.
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