Author Topic: ~ Jean de la Fontaine Quotes ~ (Read 3085 times)

MysteRy · « **Reply #15 on:** December 02, 2014, 02:20:30 PM »

It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

MysteRy · « **Reply #16 on:** December 02, 2014, 02:21:08 PM »

He knows the universe and does not know himself.

MysteRy · « **Reply #17 on:** December 02, 2014, 02:21:52 PM »

Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil.

MysteRy · « **Reply #18 on:** December 02, 2014, 02:22:21 PM »

Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.

MysteRy · « **Reply #19 on:** December 02, 2014, 02:22:52 PM »

From a distance it is something and nearby it is nothing.

MysteRy · « **Reply #20 on:** December 02, 2014, 02:23:23 PM »

Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.

MysteRy · « **Reply #21 on:** December 02, 2014, 02:24:00 PM »

By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.

MysteRy · « **Reply #22 on:** December 02, 2014, 02:24:28 PM »

A fly sat on the chariot wheel And said 'What a dust I raise.'

MysteRy · « **Reply #23 on:** December 02, 2014, 02:24:56 PM »

The more wary you are of danger the more likely you are to meet it.

MysteRy · « **Reply #24 on:** December 02, 2014, 02:25:30 PM »

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

MysteRy · « **Reply #25 on:** December 02, 2014, 02:26:13 PM »

Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.

MysteRy · « **Reply #26 on:** December 02, 2014, 02:26:45 PM »

All roads lead to Rome; but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.

MysteRy · « **Reply #27 on:** December 02, 2014, 02:27:15 PM »

Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats; neither fear nor shame can cure them.

MysteRy · « **Reply #28 on:** December 02, 2014, 02:27:46 PM »

Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses it would still be just to deem it good for something.

MysteRy · « **Reply #29 on:** December 02, 2014, 02:28:15 PM »

One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist whereas I should keep to the butcher's trade.

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