Father Quote by Jean de La Fontaine Download Open image “It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.” — Jean de La Fontaine ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Father Impossible Parenting Please World
We cannot please everybody and we do not aim to please everybody. It is an impossible mission. — Aditya Narayan Copy Share Image
To please everybody is impossible; were I to undertake it, I should probably please nobody. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The world is not there to please you. It's up to you to please the world. — Karl Lagerfeld 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
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