Jean de La Fontaine Quotes

A hare is not caught with a drum.

There's nothing sweeter than a real friend: Not only is he prompt to lend— An angler delicate, he fishes The very deepest of your wishes, And spares your modesty the task His friendly aid to ask. A dream, a shadow, wakes his fear, When pointing at the object dear.

To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism - this is the art of living.

He knows the universe and does not know himself.

One often has need of one inferior to himself.

Gentleness succeeds better than violence.

The strongest passion is fear.

Cats know not how to pardon.

Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

There is no road of flowers leading to glory.