More Quotes by Jean de La Fontaine
In everything one must consider the end.
We risk all in being too greedy.
How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
I bend, but I do not break.
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
