Maxioms by Jean De La Fontaine
We ought to consider the end in everything.
[Fr., En toute chose il faut considerer la fin.]
We ought to consider the end in everything.
[Fr., En toute chose il faut considerer la fin.]
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish
No flowery road leads to glory.
[Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
No flowery road leads to glory.
[Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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.]
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.]
