To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEO tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
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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 butchers trade.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
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All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
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