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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
— Jean De La 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
To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
— 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
How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
— 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
Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
— 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
Death never takes the wise man by surprise; He is always ready to go.
— Jean De La Fontaine
No path of flowers leads to glory.
— 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
Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
— 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
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
— 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
The argument of the strongest is always the best.
— Jean De La Fontaine
By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb.
— Jean De La Fontaine
One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
— 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
Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil.
— Jean De La Fontaine
In everything we ought to look at the end.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
— Jean De La Fontaine
It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
— Jean De La Fontaine
In this world we must help one another.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
— 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 butchers trade.
— Jean De La Fontaine
O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Nothing weighs more than a secret.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.
— Jean De La Fontaine
It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
— Jean De La Fontaine
From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.
— Jean De La Fontaine
La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. The reason of the strongest is always the best.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
— Jean De La Fontaine
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Cats know not how to pardon.
— Jean De La Fontaine
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Everyone believes very easily whatever he fears or desires.
— 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
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
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
We risk all in being too greedy.
— 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
Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
— Jean De La Fontaine
But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
— Jean De La 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
Still people 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
Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
— Jean De La 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
People must help one another; it is nature's law.
— 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
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
I bend, but I do not break.
— Jean De La Fontaine
What is denominated discretion in man we call cunning in brutes.
— Jean De La 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
What God does, He does well.
— 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
People who make no noise are dangerous.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
— Jean De La Fontaine
Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
— Jean De La Fontaine