To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEIf you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Nothing weighs more than a secret.
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The sign brings customers.
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Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, “Let him beat me too when I am absent.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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