black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.

Jean de La Fontaine

Related Topics

Bringing Goodness Misfortune

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Rage Strength Time
We heed no instincts but our own.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Intuition Ourselves Spirituality Wisdom
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Cure Fear Mistake Repeat Shame
It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Charitable Goodness Gratitude Misery
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.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Anand Thakur
Neither blows from pitchfork, nor from the lash, can make him change his ways.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Blow Change Himself Way
Sensible people find nothing useless.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

One Liner People Sensible
But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Oneself Return Sin
Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Blind Fortune Pursue Rash
Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Fools Lost Wisdom
We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Anand Thakur
We risk all in being too greedy.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Greedy One Liner Risk
It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Future Possession Value Worth
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Anand Thakur
Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Equality Ourselves
Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Cry Herself Love Tears Victory Virtue

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes