A bluejay in peacock feathers.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA bluejay in peacock feathers.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBetter to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEPatience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBlind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe are never content with our lot.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEFrom a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEStill people are dangerous.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe believe no evil till the evil’s done.
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 FONTAINEA hare is not caught with a drum.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIf you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINELearn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIf every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIt 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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEPeople must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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