Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEOne should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
-
-
Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
A hare is not caught with a drum.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
People must help one another; it is nature’s law.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Sensible people find nothing useless.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
The worst time is always the present.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE