More Quotes by Jean de La Fontaine
Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
In everything one must consider the end.
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
I bend, but I do not break.