Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEStill people are dangerous.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
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A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
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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.
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We are never content with our lot.
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In short, luck’s always to blame.
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Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
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Dressed in the lion’s skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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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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