Too many expedients may spoil an affair.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEA mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
-
-
We believe no evil till the evil’s done.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Diversity, that is my motto.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
A hungry stomach cannot hear.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
We risk all in being too greedy.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
What God does, He does well.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
People who make no noise are dangerous.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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