More from Jean de La Fontaine
Nothing weighs more than a secret.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine One often has need of one inferior to himself.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine The argument of the strongest is always the best.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine The worst time is always the present.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine We are never content with our lot.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
Jean de La FontaineJean de La Fontaine
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From our community writers
You were fully clothed in lies, I was naked in truth. Still, when morning came It was I who survived the cold.
Obehi Vessel A.Obehi Vessel A. I loved you as Icarus loved the sun- too close, too much.
David JonesDavid Jones We attract who our souls need to grow.
Mark AnthonyMark Anthony You’re my bad habit, on this dark planet, light up my world like stars, now they’re ashes.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Permanence is a wonderful magician. Now you see him, next he goes on to perform the greatest disappearing act of all time.
Hamilton K. AmadiHamilton K. Amadi Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans You shined your light on all the things I’ve been trying so hard to hide.
CindyCindy You are the love I could never escape not that I would ever want to.
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More on capture
artists try to say things that can’t be said. in a fragile net of words, gestures, or colors, we hope to capture a feeling.
Alan AldaAlan Alda Every realistic picture represents a choice as to which features of reality should be given prominence; no painting ever captures the whole.
Alain de BottonAlain de Botton The camera can film my face but until it captures my soul, you don’t have a movie.
Al PacinoAl Pacino Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.
Tom WaitsTom Waits I’m trying to capture something more fragile than a regular story. I love what people bring me.
Agnes VardaAgnes Varda And it is the designer’s task with the help of this black to capture space.
Adrian FrutigerAdrian Frutiger If as a writer, you want to capture the world we live in, I think you have some responsibility to at least try to get at some of the ways we’ve chosen to govern ourselves.
Adam HaslettAdam Haslett Me personally, I just wanted to do that to capture These Days.With DAY-lyt.
AB SoulAB Soul
