Quotes By Jean De La Fontaine

Luck's always to blame.

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

One returns to the place one came from.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.

Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.

We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.

Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.

People who make no noise are dangerous.

Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.