Jean de La Fontaine

Still people are dangerous.

Still people are dangerous.

He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his
father.
[Fr., Est bien fou read more

He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his
father.
[Fr., Est bien fou du cerveau
Qui pretend contenter tout le monde et son pere.]

Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat
sticks fast.
[Fr., L'exemple est un read more

Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat
sticks fast.
[Fr., L'exemple est un dangereux leurre;
Ou la guepe a passe, le moucheron demeure.]

'Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own,
Believe no evil, till the evil's done.
[Fr., read more

'Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own,
Believe no evil, till the evil's done.
[Fr., Nous n'ecoutons d'instincts que ceux qui sont les notres.
Et ne croyons le mal que quand il est venu.]