Jean de La Fontaine
France
8 Jul 1621 // 13 Apr 1695
Fabulist / Poet
8 Jul 1621 // 13 Apr 1695
Fabulist / Poet
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them
Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire
Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one
Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go
By the work one knows the workman
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays