Quotes by Jean de La Fontaine
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
By the work one knows the workman.
People who make no noise are dangerous.
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a TO DO List every day, keep it visible, and use it as a guide to action as you go through the day.
The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.
Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend.
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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