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• Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire. -- Jean de La Fontaine
• Je plie et ne romrs pas. (I bend and do not break.) -- Jean de la Fontaine (1621-1695)
• De la peau de lion l'ane s'etant vetu Etoit craint partout a la ronde.
  (Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide....
• Every man who possesses power is impelled to abuse it. -- Baron de La Brede et de Montesquieu
• By the work one knows the workman. -- J.
  de La Fontaine (1621-1695) -- The Hornets and the Bees, Book i, Fable 21...
• In everything one must consider the end. -- J.
  de La Fontaine (1621-1695) -- The Fox and the Gnat, Book iii, Fable 5...
• Rien n'est si dangereux qu'un ignorant ami; Mieux vaudrait un sage ennemi.
  (Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; better a wise enemy) -- Jean de la Fontaine...
• They are too green," he said, "and only good for fools.
  -- J. de La Fontaine (1621-1695) -- The Fox and the Grapes, Book iii, Fable 11...
• It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.
  -- J. de La Fontaine (1621-1695) -- The Cock and the Fox, Book iii, Fable 1...