Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEHow wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
-
-
Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Lies and literature have always been friends.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
I bend and do not break.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
We ought to consider the end in everything.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Diversity, that is my motto.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE






