Jean de La Fontaine Quotes - Page 2

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• Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.

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  Lying, Men, Fire

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

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  Danger, Dangerous, Dangerous Things

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

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  Skins, Bears, Beast

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

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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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• 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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• The worst time is always the present.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Worst Times, Worst

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

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Suicide

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

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• We risk all in being too greedy.

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  Greed, Risk, Greedy

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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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• A hungry stomach cannot hear.

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  Hungry, Stomach

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

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

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  Flattery, Expenses, Flatterer

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

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• Let fools the studious despise,
  There's nothing lost by being wise.

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  Wise, Knowledge, Fool

  Jean de La Fontaine (1853). “The Fables of La Fontaine”, p.187

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• People who make no noise are dangerous.

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  People, Silence, Noise

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

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• I bend, but I do not break.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Break

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• 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

  Two, May, Said

  "La Fontaine's Fables" by Jean de La Fontaine, Fables, V. 3, p. 75, 1988.

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• Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.

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  Trust, Truth, People

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• Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.

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  Temptation, Victory, Tears

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• A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.

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  Cute, Mind, Cheerful

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• Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

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  Greatness, Wealth, Prosperity

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

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  Men, Cows, Wells

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• Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.

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  Fear, Faults, Shame

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• Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

  Jean de La Fontaine

  Buried, Emperor, Beggar

  "La Matrone d'Ephèse", as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 64-65, 1922.

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• Religious contention is the devil's harvest.

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  Religious, Devil, Argument

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• It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.

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  Running, Use, Punctuality

  "Forty Thousand Sublime and Beautiful Thoughts Gathered from the Roses, Clover Blossoms, Geraniums, Violets, Morning-glories, and Pansies of Literature". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, p. 928, 1915.

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• He knows the universe and does not know himself.

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  Knowledge, Doe, Knows

  Jean de La Fontaine (1965). “The best fables”

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