Quotes from Jean de La Fontaine

Luck's always to blame.

I bend and do not break.

What is denominated discretion in man we call cunning in brutes.

If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended.

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.

We heed no instincts but our own.

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

Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.

People must help one another; it is nature's law.

By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.

Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.

Man is so made that whenever anything fires his soul impossibilities vanish.

The more wary you are of danger the more likely you are to meet it.

What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires, and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.

We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?

Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.

Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.

It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend.

There is no road of flowers leading to glory

Patience is a virtue, Virtue is a grace; Both put together Make a very pretty face

By the work one knows the workmen.

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

Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.