More Quotes by Jean de La Fontaine
I bend, but I do not break.
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.
Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
We risk all in being too greedy.
We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
