Jean de La Fontaine Quotes

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.

One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.

Patience et longueur de temps Font plus que force ni que rage. Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.

Still people are dangerous.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

What God does, He does well.

We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.

Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.

Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.

A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.

No path of flowers leads to glory.

Rather suffer than die is man's motto.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.

Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.

We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.

One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.

By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.

Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.

It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

People must help one another; it is nature's law.

The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

I bend, but I do not break.

Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.

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

Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.

We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.

Religious contention is the devil's harvest.

Nothing weighs more than a secret.

Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.

What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.

Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.

Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.

A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.

Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.

We believe no evil till the evil's done

Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.

In short, luck's always to blame.

Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

But the shortest works are always the best.

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

A hungry stomach cannot hear.