Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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I bend, but I do not break.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
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What God does, He does well.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
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All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
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Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
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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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