Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
“Rare as is true love, true
friendship is rarer.”
“A person often meets his
destiny on the road he took to avoid it.”
“Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a
fool relies on it: nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the
thing.”
“Sadness flies away on the wings of time. ”
“Everyone believes very easily whatever he
fears or desires.”
“Beware, so long as you live, of judging men
by their outward appearance.”
“Nothing weighs on us so
heavily as a secret.”
“Patience and time do more
than force and rage.”
― Jean de La Fontaine
Like “Friendship is the shadow of the evening,
which increases with the setting sun of life.”
“Death never takes the wise man by surprise;
He is always ready to go.”
“To hell with pleasure
that's haunted by fear.”
“Often we find our own
destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.”
“Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the
devil.”
“The best laid plot can
injure its maker, and often a man's perfidy will rebound on himself.”
“Nothing is as dangerous as
an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.”
“Beware, so long as you live, or judging men by their
outwards appearance.”
In everything one must consider the end.”
“Habit, to which all of us are more or less, slaves.”
“A foolish friend may cause more woe
than could, indeed, the wisest foe.”
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