Top 15 Jean de La Fontaine Quotes

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

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

Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it: nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Everyone believes very easily whatever he fears or desires.

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

Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.

Patience and time do more than force and rage.

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

To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.

Death never takes the wise man by surprise; He is always ready to go.

Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.

Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.

Rien ne sert de courir il faut partir à point

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