Jean de La Fontaine Quotes, Thoughts and images
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
Sensible people find nothing useless.
Better to suffer than to die.
By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.
To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
Diversity, that is my motto.
People who make no noise are dangerous.
We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
In everything one must consider the end.
A hungry stomach cannot hear.
I bend, but I do not break.
Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
What God does, He does well.
No path of flowers leads to glory.
Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
We risk all in being too greedy.
The worst time is always the present.
He knows the universe and does not know himself.
By the work one knows the workman.
We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
People must help one another; it is nature's law.
Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
In this world we must help one another.
Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.