More Quotes by Jean de La Fontaine
I bend, but I do not break.
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.
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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.
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
