Rating: 2 out of 5.

A collection of moralistic fables from the french author Jean de La Fontaine, which didn’t really work for me. I thought the moralistic part of it was a bit too obvious and I prefer it to be a little bit more subtle. I was also not familiar with these (as I have been with the fables from for example Aesop’s fables), so there was little nostalgic feeling from my sight.

The quote however, is very true:
‘The pleasure is twice as sweet
When you cheat a cheat.’

The World is Full of Foolish Men (Little Black Classics #83)Jean de la Fontaine

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  1. Hope you enjoy your next read more!

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    1. That’s the problem with these collections, you love some, and others, not as much…

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After a day of work, Marjolein likes to wind down with a book or two, or five! Unapologetic reader of at the very least three books at any given time, she apparently is unable to settle on a favorite genre.

She might pause her audiobook just long enough to discuss books online.

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