Our condition never satisfies us; the present is always the worst. Though Jupiter should grant his request to each, we should continue to importune him.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINENothing 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.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
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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.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
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A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
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The sign brings customers.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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