[ jean de la fontaine Quotes ]
28 Quotations
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
[ Attitude ]
Jean De La Fontaine
17 votes
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
[ Appearance ]
Jean De La Fontaine
24 votes
By the work one knows the workmen.
[ Quality ]
Jean De La Fontaine
22 votes
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
[ Death and Dying ]
Jean De La Fontaine
20 votes
Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
[ Flattery ]
Jean De La Fontaine
23 votes
Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
[ Journalism and Journalists ]
Jean De La Fontaine
23 votes
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
[ Faults ]
Jean De La Fontaine
21 votes
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
[ Friends and Friendship ]
Jean De La Fontaine
22 votes
In short, luck's always to blame.
[ Luck ]
Jean De La Fontaine
26 votes
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
[ Deception ]
Jean De La Fontaine
22 votes
Luck's always to blame.
[ Luck ]
Jean De La Fontaine
23 votes
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish
[ Soul ]
Jean De La Fontaine
19 votes
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
[ Discretion ]
Jean De La Fontaine
20 votes
Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend.
[ Danger ]
Jean De La Fontaine
22 votes
Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
[ Secrets ]
Jean De La Fontaine
20 votes
One often has need of one, inferior to himself.
[ Inferiority ]
Jean De La Fontaine
20 votes
One returns to the place one came from.
[ Home ]
Jean De La Fontaine
25 votes
Patience and the passage of time do more than strength and fury.
[ Patience ]
Jean De La Fontaine
23 votes
Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
[ Friends and Friendship ]
Jean De La Fontaine
22 votes
Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
[ Suffering ]
Jean De La Fontaine
23 votes
Still people are dangerous.
[ Behavior ]
Jean De La Fontaine
20 votes
The argument of the strongest is always the best.
[ Argument ]
Jean De La Fontaine
21 votes
The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.
[ Detail ]
Jean De La Fontaine
20 votes
We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune.
[ Achievement ]
Jean De La Fontaine
23 votes
