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.

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  Fashion, Stupidity, Brain

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  Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  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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• No favor can win gratitude from a cat.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Gratitude, Cat, Winning

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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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• 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.

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  Life, Art, Gay

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

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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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• 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.

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  Men, Judging People, Long

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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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• 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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• 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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• We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive.

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  Looks, May, Appearance

  Jean de La Fontaine (1964). “The fables of La Fontaine”

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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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• 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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• Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

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  Broken Heart, Heartbreak, Heartbroken

  Jean de La Fontaine (2013). “Selected Fables: A Dual-Language Book”, p.75, Courier Corporation

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

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  Death, Wise, Men

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

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• Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Lying, Men, Fire

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

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  Love, Friendship, True Friend

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• Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, "Let him beat me too when I am absent.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Speech, Scandal, Used

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• Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.

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  Secret

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

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• Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.

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  Perseverance, Persistence, Brutes

  Jean de La Fontaine, James Michie (1979). “La Fontaine: Selected”, Viking Adult

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