Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEThe best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
-
-
Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
The finest victory is to conquer one’s own heart.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
We are never content with our lot.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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 -
He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not.
JEAN 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 FONTAINE






