Quotes by Jean de la Fontaine

“Everyone believes very easily whatever he fears or desires.”

“Rien ne sert de courir il faut partir point”

“Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it: nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.”

“Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.”

“Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.”

“By the work one knows the workman.”

“Patience and time do more than strength or passion.”

“Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.”

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

“Sadness flies away on the wings of time.”

“Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.”

“Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.”

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

“It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.”

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

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

“Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses it would still be just to deem it good for something.”

“Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.”

“It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.”

“Rather suffer than die is man's motto.”