Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Anand Thakur
Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEFrom a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENo favor can win gratitude from a cat.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWe ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEAll the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEEveryone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHe knows the universe and does not know himself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA bluejay in peacock feathers.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEWhat God does, He does well.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIn short, luck’s always to blame.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEAlas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIf every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINETo hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing weighs more than a secret.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIf you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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