More Quotes by Jean de La Fontaine
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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.
Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
In everything one must consider the end.
