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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl.
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Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Diversity, that is my motto.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine A bluejay in peacock feathers.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine In this world we must help one another.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine I bend but do not break.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine A hungry stomach cannot hear.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
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