Jean de La Fontaine Messages

Best 50+ Jean de La Fontaine Messages, Quotes, and Images

It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.

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.

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.

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.

Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

No favor can win gratitude from a cat.

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.

If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.

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