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.]

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.

Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.

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.]

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is
worth more.
[Fr., Rien n'est si read more

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is
worth more.
[Fr., Rien n'est si dangereux qu'un ignorant ami;
Mieux vaudrait un sage ennemi.]