Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEveryone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHow wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEBut the shortest works are always the best.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEO tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIf every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe ought to consider the end in everything.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENeither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEImitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINETo win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEAs sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEReligious contention is the devil’s harvest.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIn this world we must help one another.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEAll roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOur destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
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