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Jean de La Fontaine quotes
“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“Patience and time do more than strength or passion.”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“By the work one knows the workman. ”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“People must help one another; it is nature's law.”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life. ”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. ”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“Sadness flies away on the wings of time. ”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred. ”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“ Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable. ”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“Better a living beggar than a buried emperor. ”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“Help thyself and Heaven will help thee. ”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“A hungry stomach cannot hear.”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“In short, Luck's always to blame.”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“People who make no noise are dangerous.”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them. ”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“ The argument of the strongest is always the best. ”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them. ”
— Jean de La Fontaine
“Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.”
— Jean de La Fontaine
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