The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
-
-
One returns to the place one came from.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
I bend, but I do not break.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Sensible people find nothing useless.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE