Jean de La Fontaine
person meet destiny road avoid
“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.”
― Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
sadness fly wings time
“Sadness flies away on the wings of time.”
― Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
believe fear desire
“Everyone believes very easily whatever he fears or desires.”
― Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
patience time force rage
“Patience and time do more than force and rage.”
― Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
newspaper editor tribute devil
“Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil.”
― Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
brains world powerless stupidity fashion
"All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion."
― Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
man fire sole impossibilities vanish
"Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish"
― Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
fox tricks
"If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks."
― Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
rare true love friendship
"Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer."
― Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
twice pleasure deceiver
"It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver."
― Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
man ice truth fire falsehood
"Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood."
― Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
work know workman
"By the work one knows the workman."
― Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
know universe himself
"He knows the universe and does not know himself."
― Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)
shortest work best
"But the shortest works are always the best."
― Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)