But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity).
JEAN DE LA FONTAINEAn author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
More Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
-
-
Silent people are dangerous; others are not so.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Rather suffer than die is man’s motto.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
The reason of the strongest is always the best.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
We heed no instincts but our own.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE -
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE