Quotes by Jean de la Fontaine

84 quotes found

Fabulist and poet · French · 1621–1695

French fabulist and poet (1621–1695)

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“A fly sat on the chariot wheel And said "What a dust I raise."”
— Jean de la Fontaine
fly

“Better to suffer than to die.”
— Jean de la Fontaine
forgiveness

“We are never content with our lot.”
— Jean de la Fontaine
forgiveness

“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.”
— Jean de la Fontaine
friendship

“In everything one must consider the end.”
— Jean de la Fontaine
goals

“We risk all in being too greedy.”
— Jean de la Fontaine
greed

“In this world we must help one another.”
— Jean de la Fontaine
helping people

“Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil.”
— Jean de la Fontaine
journalism

“One returns to the place one came from.”
— Jean de la Fontaine
life

“Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.”
— Jean de la Fontaine
newspapers

“I bend but I do not break.”
— Jean de la Fontaine
pressure diamonds

“To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear!”
— Jean de la Fontaine
ways overcome fear

“Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.”
— Jean de la Fontaine
patience

“By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.”
— Jean de la Fontaine
patience

“Man is so made that whenever anything fires his soul impossibilities vanish.”
— Jean de la Fontaine
peace

“The more wary you are of danger the more likely you are to meet it.”
— Jean de la Fontaine
positive

“Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.”
— Jean de la Fontaine
praise flattery

“Help yourself and heaven will help you.”
— Jean de la Fontaine
prayer

“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 butcher's trade.”
— Jean de la Fontaine
right

“All roads lead to Rome but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.”
— Jean de la Fontaine
rome