More Quotes by Jean de La Fontaine
Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
In everything one must consider the end.
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism - this is the art of living.
I bend, but I do not break.
All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
