black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil’s done.

Jean de La Fontaine

Related Topics

Believe Evil Instinct Ourselves

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

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

It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Father Impossible World
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

Bringing Goodness Misfortune
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Anand Thakur
One should oblige everyone to the extent of one’s ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Anand Thakur
Sensible people find nothing useless.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

One Liner People Sensible
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
The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Destiny Evil Goodness Right Wrong
But the shortest works are always the best.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Best Short Work
Better to suffer than to die.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Better Death Suffering
What God does, He does well.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

God Himself Well
We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Desire Easy Fear
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

Age Exercise Man Reason
To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Race Start Time Win
There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Flower Glory Leadership Road
We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Innocence Unfortunate
Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Animal Kill Oneself Skin

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes