Author Topic: ~ Jean de la Fontaine Quotes ~  (Read 3090 times)

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~ Jean de la Fontaine Quotes ~
« on: December 02, 2014, 01:43:55 PM »
Jean de la Fontaine Quotes


The most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century.
Jean de La Fontaine was the most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century.

Here are some famous quotes by  Jean de la Fontaine. 




I bend but I do not break.

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Re: ~ Jean de la Fontaine Quotes ~
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2014, 01:44:45 PM »
Better to suffer than to die.

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« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2014, 01:45:23 PM »
We risk all in being too greedy.

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« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2014, 01:47:10 PM »
We are never content with our lot.

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« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2014, 01:58:35 PM »
By the work one knows the workman.

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« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2014, 02:01:31 PM »
The worst time is always the present.

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« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2014, 02:04:10 PM »
Rather suffer than die is man's motto.

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« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2014, 02:05:15 PM »
In this world we must help one another.

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« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2014, 02:07:32 PM »
One returns to the place one came from.

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« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2014, 02:13:44 PM »
Help yourself and heaven will help you.

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« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2014, 02:15:48 PM »
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

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« Reply #11 on: December 02, 2014, 02:16:35 PM »
In everything one must consider the end.

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« Reply #12 on: December 02, 2014, 02:17:27 PM »
Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

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« Reply #13 on: December 02, 2014, 02:18:28 PM »
To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear!

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« Reply #14 on: December 02, 2014, 02:19:32 PM »
Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.