More Quotes by Jean de La Fontaine
Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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.
Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
