The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
Les délicats sont malheureux,
Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.
Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.
Original text (French)
Original text (French)
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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