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Letter "J" » Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
«Everyone believes very easily whatever he fears or desires»
Author: Jean de La Fontaine
(Poet)
«We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.»
«Let us not be so difficult; the most accommodating are the cleverest.»
«One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.»
Author: Jean de La Fontaine
(Poet)
«One returns to the place one came from.»
Author: Jean de La Fontaine
(Poet)
«A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.»
Author: Jean de La Fontaine
(Poet)
«Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.»
«Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.»
Author: Jean de La Fontaine
(Poet)
«The greatest ass of the three is not the one you would think.»
Author: Jean de La Fontaine
(Poet)
«One often has need of one, inferior to himself.»
Author: Jean de La Fontaine
(Poet)
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