Jean de La Fontaine

Jean de La Fontaine

"A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it."
45 Quotes
"A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it."
Jean de La Fontaine
"It is impossible to please all the world and one's father."
Jean de La Fontaine
"Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance."
Jean de La Fontaine
"Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life."
Jean de La Fontaine
"Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them."
Jean de La Fontaine
"Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value."
Jean de La Fontaine
"Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go."
Jean de La Fontaine
"Patience and time do more than strength or passion."
Jean de La Fontaine
"Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer."
Jean de La Fontaine
"By the work one knows the workman."
Jean de La Fontaine
"Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats neither fear nor shame can cure them."
Jean de La Fontaine
"Half of today is better than all of tomorrow."
Jean de La Fontaine
"The worst time is always the present."
Jean de La Fontaine
"From a distance it is something and nearby it is nothing."
Jean de La Fontaine
"He knows the universe and does not know himself."
Jean de La Fontaine
"All roads lead to Rome but our antagonists think we should choose different paths."
Jean de La Fontaine
"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."
Jean de La Fontaine
"Help yourself and heaven will help you."
Jean de La Fontaine
"Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them."
Jean de La Fontaine
"The more wary you are of danger the more likely you are to meet it."
Jean de La Fontaine
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