Jean de La Fontaine on easy
Jean de La Fontaine147 quotes“Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.”
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine He knows the universe and does not know himself.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine By the work one knows the workman.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine People who make no noise are dangerous.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Sensible people find nothing useless.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine I bend and do not break.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine We ought to consider the end in everything.
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