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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
— Jean De La Fontaine
It seems there's just no room left for elegance in this paper-plate, blue-jean world. And I, for one, think it's a shame.
— Joan Fontaine
Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
— Jean De La Fontaine
One often has need of one, inferior to himself.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
— Jean De La Fontaine
He knows the universe and does not know himself.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Beware, so long as you live, or judging men by their outwards appearance.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Peoples will be as before, the sheep sent to the slaughterhouses or to the meadows as it pleases the shepherds.
— Henri La Fontaine
Goodness knows, I tried. But I think it's virtually impossible for the right kind of man to be married to a movie star.
— Joan Fontaine
One puzzling thing about men they allow their sex instinct to drive them to where their intelligence never would take them. — Joan Fontaine
People don't read as much anymore. That's why they're so stupid.
— Isabella Fontaine
I hope I'll die on stage at the age at 105, playing Peter Pan.
— Joan Fontaine
It's better to be on a soap opera to renew your career and following than to be on any other medium.
— Joan Fontaine
Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
— Jean De La Fontaine
People must help one another; it is nature's law.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
— Jean De La Fontaine
I bend, but I do not break.
— Jean De La Fontaine
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[Samantha Dunn] wrote that when God wants your attention, first He throws feathers. After that, He starts throwing bricks.
— Claire Fontaine
Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
— Jean De La Fontaine
A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
— Jean De La Fontaine
The argument of the strongest is always the best.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
— Jean De La Fontaine
All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
— Jean De La Fontaine
I bend and do not break.
— Jean De La Fontaine
My record of 13 goals in the World Cup finals still stands.
— Just Fontaine
Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
— Jean De La Fontaine
But the shortest works are always the best.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Garde-toi, tant que tu vivras, De juger des gens sur la mine. Beware as long as you live, Of judging others according to appearance alone.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Though Mrs. Fontaine smiled, I couldn't help but wonder if she'd sized me up and found me lacking.
— Beth Hoffman
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
— Jean De La Fontaine
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Nothing weighs more than a secret.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it: nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
— Jean De La Fontaine
No path of flowers leads to glory.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Death never takes the wise man by surprise; He is always ready to go.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
— Jean De La Fontaine
The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
— Jean De La Fontaine
It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at last die miserable.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
— Jean De La Fontaine
We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.
— Jean De La Fontaine
We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
— Jean De La Fontaine
There is nothing useless to men of sense.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Let fools the studious despise,There's nothing lost by being wise. — Jean De La Fontaine
All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
— Jean De La Fontaine
What God does, He does well.
— Jean De La Fontaine
By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
— Jean De La Fontaine
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[On her monologue as the thief 'Fontaine':] People always got things. People always want things. So I provide a service.
— Whoopi Goldberg
Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
— Jean De La Fontaine
It is its own religion, this love. Uncontainable, savage, and without end, it is what I feel for my child.
— Claire Fontaine
We carve our destinies blindfolded, with sharp knives.
— Claire Fontaine
The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Un auteur ga te tout quand il veut trop bien faire. An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Such gluttony second to noneAlmost ended fatally
When a bone choked a wolf as he gulped what he ate — Jean De La Fontaine
He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
— Jean De La Fontaine
If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Everyone believes very easily whatever he fears or desires.
— Jean De La Fontaine
The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face?
— Jean De La Fontaine
The worst time is always the present.
— Jean De La Fontaine
There are lots of ways to lose yourself - motherhood's just one of them.
— Claire Fontaine
Was even personally acquainted with Admiral Fontaine was
— Elizabeth Camden
But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Caretaking is never about the other person. It's about wanting to feel needed because you're afraid you're not wanted.
— Claire Fontaine
Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Luck's always to blame.
— Jean De La Fontaine
A hungry stomach cannot hear.
— Jean De La Fontaine
You know, I've had a helluva life,
— Joan Fontaine
Still people are dangerous.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
— Jean De La Fontaine
What is denominated discretion in man we call cunning in brutes.
— Jean De La Fontaine
As soon as he thinks about the record, he's finished. The secret is to put it out of your mind.
— Just Fontaine
No favor can win gratitude from a cat.
— Jean De La Fontaine
O tyrant love, when held by you,We may to prudence bid adieu.
[Fr., Amour! Amour! quand tu nous tiens
On peut bien dire, Adieu, prudence.] — Jean De La Fontaine
Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Habit, to which all of us are more or less slaves.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Diversity, that is my motto.
— Jean De La Fontaine
The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man's perfidy will rebound on himself.
— Jean De La Fontaine
In spite of all the terrible things that happen in our world, hope can - and must - prevail.
— Anne Fontaine
People who make no noise are dangerous.
— Jean De La Fontaine
You've tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.
— Jean De La Fontaine
With Prayer, Love and Patience, it makes your journey so much easier in life.
— Trauma Fontaine Newell
Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
— Jean De La Fontaine
We risk all in being too greedy.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
— Jean De La Fontaine
By the work one knows the workman.
— Jean De La Fontaine
I've flown in an international balloon race. I've piloted my own plane. I've ridden to the hounds. I've done a lot of exciting things.
— Joan Fontaine
Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
— Jean De La Fontaine
We are never content with our lot.
— Jean De La Fontaine