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• In everything one must consider the end. -- J.
  de La Fontaine (1621-1695) -- The Fox and the Gnat, Book iii, Fable 5...
• 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...
• It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. -- J.
  de La Fontaine (1621-1695) -- The Cock and the Fox, Book ii, Fable 15...
• By the work one knows the workman. -- J.
  de La Fontaine (1621-1695) -- The Hornets and the Bees, Book i, Fable 21...
• Help thyself, and God will help thee. -- J. de La Fontaine (1621-1695) -- Book vi, Fable 18
• No path of flowers leads to glory. -- J.
  de La Fontaine (1621-1695) -- The Use of Knowledge, Book x, Fable 14...
• The fly of the coach. -- J. de La Fontaine (1621-1695) -- Book vii, Fable 9
• The opinion of the strongest is always the best. -- J.
  de La Fontaine (1621-1695) -- The Wolf and the Lamb, Book i, Fable 10...
• The sign brings customers. -- J.
  de La Fontaine (1621-1695) -- The Fortune-Tellers, Book vii, Fable 15...