Jean de La Fontaine ( 10 of 29 )
By the work one knows the workmen.
By the work one knows the workmen.
There is no road of flowers leading to glory
There is no road of flowers leading to glory
We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of
continued happiness?
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We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of
continued happiness?
[Fr., Il ne se faut jamais moquer des miserables,
Car qui peut s'assurer d'etre toujours heureux?]
It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
[Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.]
It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
[Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.]
We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
[Fr., On devient innocent quand on est malheureux.]
We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
[Fr., On devient innocent quand on est malheureux.]
Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.
Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.
A fly sat on the chariot wheel
And said "what a dust I raise."
A fly sat on the chariot wheel
And said "what a dust I raise."
Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
[Fr., Mieux vaut goujat debout qu'empereur enterre.]
Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
[Fr., Mieux vaut goujat debout qu'empereur enterre.]
'Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own,
Believe no evil, till the evil's done.
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'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.]
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish
