More Quotes by Jean de La Fontaine
We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
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.
Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
In everything one must consider the end.
I bend, but I do not break.