Lafontaine Mouche Coche

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(La Mouche et le Coche) As a coach strains up a steep, sandy hill, a fly buzzes about the horses, stinging, settling, fussing everywhere, and when the coach at last tops the rise the fly claims the whole credit for the labour. Moral: the meddler who bustles takes the credit for work that was never his. — Jean de La Fontaine