More quotes by Jean de La Fontaine
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
Beware, as long as you live, of judging people by appearances.
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.
Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.
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