John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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Jean de La Fontaine. (1621–1695) |
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The opinion of the strongest is always the best. |
The Wolf and the Lamb. Book i. Fable 10. |
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By the work one knows the workman. |
The Hornets and the Bees. Fable 21. |
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It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. |
The Cock and the Fox. Book ii. Fable 15. |
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father. |
Book iii. Fable 1. |
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In everything one must consider the end. 1 |
The Fox and the Gnat. Fable 5. |
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“They are too green,” he said, “and only good for fools.” 2 |
The Fox and the Grapes. Fable 11. |
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Help thyself, and God will help thee. 3 |
Book vi. Fable 18. |
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The fly of the coach. |
Book vii. Fable 9. |
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The sign brings customers. |
The Fortune-Tellers. Fable 15. |
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value. |
The Use of Knowledge. Book viii. Fable 19. |
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No path of flowers leads to glory. |
Book x. Fable 14. |
Jean Baptiste Poquelin Molière. (1622–1673) |
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The world, dear Agnes, is a strange affair. |
L’École des Femmes. Act ii. Sc. 6. |
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There are fagots and fagots. |
Le Médecin malgré lui. Act i. Sc. 6. |
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We have changed all that. |
Le Médecin malgré lui. Act ii. Sc. 6. |
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Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man. |
Le Tartuffe. Act iii. Sc. 3. |
Note 1. Remember the end, and thou shalt never do amiss.—Ecclesiasticus. iii. 36. [back] |
Note 2. Sour grapes. [back] |
Note 3. See Herbert, Quotation 28. [back] |