187 Quotes by Jean de La Fontaine

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil's done. [Fr., Nous n'ecoutons d'instincts que ceux qui sont les notres. Et ne croyons le mal que quand il est venu.]

The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man's perfidy will rebound on himself.

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

Cats know not how to pardon.

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

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

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

We heed no instincts but our own.