Jean de La Fontaine Quotes

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• A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

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  Fate, Journey, Destiny

  "The Fables of La Fontaine: Book VIII". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1678 - 1679.

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• All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Fashion, Stupidity, Brain

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  Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

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  Inspirational, Strength, Being Strong

  "The Fables of La Fontaine: Book II". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1668.

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• Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

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  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Fables (Book VIII)". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1668-1694.

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• Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.

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  Half, Today, Tomorrow

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• Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Inspirational, Fear, Believe

  "Subcontact : Slap the Face of Fear and Wake Up Your Subconscious‎". Book by Dian Benson, 2001.

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• No favor can win gratitude from a cat.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Gratitude, Cat, Winning

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• In everything one must consider the end.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Ends

  "The Fables of La Fontaine: Book III". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1668.

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• If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Thinking, Foxes, Tricks

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• People who make no noise are dangerous.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  People, Silence, Noise

  "The Fables of La Fontaine: Book VIII". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1678 - 1679.

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

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  Friendship, Life And Love, Enemy

  "The Fables of La Fontaine: Book VIII". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1678-1679.

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

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Men, Judging People, Long

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• To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism - this is the art of living.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Life, Art, Gay

  "From Grandmother with Love". Book by Becky Kelly and Patrick Regan, 2005.

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• How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Promise, Would Be, Danger

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  Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

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  Friendship, Best Friend, Birthday

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

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Skins, Lioness, Lions

  "The Fables of La Fontaine: Book V". Book by C. Robertson, 1668.

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• It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

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  Lying, Hype, Deception

  "The Fables of La Fontaine: Book II". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1668.

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• Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.

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  Destiny, Avoiding, Has Beens

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• A hungry stomach cannot hear.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Hungry, Stomach

  "Fables". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, Book IX, fable 18, 1668 - 1679.

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• Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Secret

  "The Fables of La Fontaine: Book VIII". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1678-1679.

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• Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Death, Wise, Men

  'Fables' bk. 8 (1678-9) 'La Mort et le Mourant'.

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• Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Flattery, Expenses, Flatterer

  "The Fables of La Fontaine: Book I". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1668.

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• Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Love, Friendship, True Friend

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• From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Distance

  "Fables", IV. 10, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 267-70, 1922.

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• No path of flowers leads to glory.

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  Flower, Path, Glory

  "The Fables of La Fontaine: Book X". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1919.

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