Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
[Fr., Coups de fourches ni d'etriveres,
Ne lui font changer de manieres.]
Citations
La Fontaine, Jean de. The Fables of La Fontaine. Translated by Elizur Wright, George Bell and Sons, 1888, p. 50.
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Jean de La Fontaine was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, as well as in French regional languages.