Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENo favor can win gratitude from a cat.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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I bend, but I do not break.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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We are never content with our lot.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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Still people are dangerous.
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