In what had he offended God or man?
(Feronde)
More Quotes from Jean De La Fontaine:
We 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 Fontaine
What is denominated discretion in man we call cunning in brutes.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
Jean de La Fontaine
One often has need of one, inferior to himself.
Jean de La Fontaine
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