Jean De La Fontaine Quotes

Everyone believes very easily whatever he fears or desires.

Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it: nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.

Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses it would still be just to deem it good for something.

A fly sat on the chariot wheel And said "What a dust I raise."

What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.

Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil.

I bend but I do not break.

To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear!

Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.

Man is so made that whenever anything fires his soul impossibilities vanish.

The more wary you are of danger the more likely you are to meet it.

Help yourself and heaven will help you.

One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made I tried to be an herbalist whereas I should keep to the butcher's trade.

All roads lead to Rome but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.

From a distance it is something and nearby it is nothing.

Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats neither fear nor shame can cure them.