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A hungry stomach cannot hear.
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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.
Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.... (more Jean de La Fontaine quotes)
| Selected Fables of Jean de la Fontaine by Alexander Calder | |
| The Complete Fables of Jean de La Fontaine by Jean La Fontaine and Norman R Shapiro | |
| The Tales and Novels of Jean De La Fontaine by Jean de La Fontaine |