187 Quotes by Jean de La Fontaine

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.

Death never takes a wise man by surprise; he is always ready to go.

No freckles on the skin: as balm she's sweet: Antoinetta is, her spouse replied, Ambrosia ev'ry way: no fault to hide.

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

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

The opinion of the strongest is always the best.

Rare is true love, true friendship is rarer.