Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEveryone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIf you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINERogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINETis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBetter a living beggar than a buried emperor.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBeware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBetter to suffer than to die.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINESilent people are dangerous; others are not so.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINETo hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEGentleness succeeds better than violence.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEvery editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEvery one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEFrom a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEO tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOften we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINELet ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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