Jean de La Fontaine

Quotes by Jean de La Fontaine

Featured quote“By the work one knows the workman.”Jean de La Fontaine

Quotes by Jean de La Fontaine

“One returns to the place one came from.” Jean de La Fontaine

“One often has need of one, inferior to himself.” Jean de La Fontaine

“There is nothing useless to men of sense.” Jean de La Fontaine

“There is no road of flowers leading to glory.” Jean de La Fontaine

“People must help one another; it is nature's law.” Jean de La Fontaine

“The strongest passion is fear.” Jean de La Fontaine

Fear Passion Strong

“Rather suffer than die is man's motto.” Jean de La Fontaine

“Luck's always to blame.” Jean de La Fontaine

“I bend and do not break.” Jean de La Fontaine

“But the shortest works are always the best.” Jean de La Fontaine

“Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.” Jean de La Fontaine

Ignorance Learn

“It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.” Jean de La Fontaine

“Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.” Jean de La Fontaine

“We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.” Jean de La Fontaine

“Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.” Jean de La Fontaine