As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEAs sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEGentleness succeeds better than violence.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEReligious contention is the devil’s harvest.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe become innocent when we are unfortunate.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEMan is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHabit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe argument of the strongest is always the best.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBetter to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIn everything we ought to look at the end.
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 FONTAINELynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBetter to suffer than to die.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEExample is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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