Jean de La Fontaine
French Fabulist
Date of Birth | : | 08 Jul, 1621 |
Date of Death | : | 13 Apr, 1695 |
Place of Birth | : | Château-Thierry, France |
Profession | : | Poet, Lawyer, Playwright |
Nationality | : | French |
Jean de La Fontaine was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, as well as in French regional languages.
After a long period of royal suspicion, he was admitted to the French Academy and his reputation in France has never faded since. Evidence of this is found in the many pictures and statues of the writer, later depictions on medals, coins and postage stamps.
Quotes
Total 21 Quotes
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
In everything one must consider the end.
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
We risk all in being too greedy.
Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
I bend, but I do not break.