187 Quotes by Jean de La Fontaine

The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

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

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

Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves. [Fr., Lynx envers nos pareils, et taupes envers nous.]

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.

But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity). [Fr., Mais un pripon d'enfant (cet age est sans pitie).

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

The sign brings customers.