Quotes and Images From The Tales and Novels of Jean de La Fontaine

QUOTES AND IMAGES FROM THE TALES AND NOVELS OF FONTAINE
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THE TALES AND NOVELS OF J. DE LA FONTAINE
A pretty wife? Beware the monks as you would guard your life Above all law is might Avoid attorneys, if you comfort crave Delays are dangerous, in love or war Ev'ry grave's the same Extremes in ev'ry thing will soonest tire In childhood FEAR 's the lesson first we know! In country villages each step is seen In the midst of society, he was absent from it Monks are knaves in Virtue's mask No folly greater than to heighten pain Some ostentation ever is with grief The god of love and wisdom ne'er agree Those who weep most the soonest gain relief Tis past our pow'r to live on love or air Twere wrong with hope our fond desires to feed We scarcely good can ...