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• 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....
• Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
  -- Jean de la Fontaine...
• 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...
• We seldom repent talking too little, but very often talking too much. -- Jean de La Bruyere
• We seldom repent talking too little, but very often talking too much. -- Jean de la Bruyere
• We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all. -- Jean de La Bruyere
• 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