Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of… — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
What is denominated discretion in man we call cunning in brutes. — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can; man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as… — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies,… — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard. — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance. — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man's perfidy will rebound on himself. — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
If every man works at that for which nature fitted him, the cows will be well tended. — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong. — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who… — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to… — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.] — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred. — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast. — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue. — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it. — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
You've tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return. — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness? — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
