Jean de La Fontaine
Quotes by Jean de La Fontaine
By the work one knows the workman.
— Jean de La Fontaine
It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.
— Jean de La Fontaine
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
— Jean de La Fontaine
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
— Jean de La Fontaine
Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
— Jean de La Fontaine
The strongest passion is fear.
— Jean de La Fontaine
We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.
— Jean de La Fontaine
Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
— Jean de La Fontaine
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
— Jean de La Fontaine
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
— Jean de La Fontaine
Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
— Jean de La Fontaine
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
— Jean de La Fontaine
People must help one another it is nature's law.
— Jean de La Fontaine
Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
— 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
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
— Jean de La Fontaine