Jean de La Fontaine's Quotes

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Jean de La Fontaine

Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.

Jean de La Fontaine

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

Jean de La Fontaine

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Jean de La Fontaine

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

Jean de La Fontaine

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

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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Jean de La Fontaine

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

Jean de La Fontaine

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

Jean de La Fontaine

By the work one knows the workman.

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

Jean de La Fontaine

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

Jean de La Fontaine