“If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.”
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Famous Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
“What is denominated discretion in man we call cunning in brutes.”
“The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.”
“The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man's perfidy will rebound on himself.”
“Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.”
“Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.”
“Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.”
“Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.”