Jean de La Fontaine
Jean de La Fontaine
Jean de La Fontainewas the most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, and in French regional languages...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth8 July 1621
CountryFrance
Jean de La Fontaine quotes about
different comedy hundred
Une ample Come die a' cent actes divers, Et dont la sce' ne est l'Univers. A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
lying literature
Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.
life friendship wise
Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
two may said
It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
winning race swiftness
To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
thinking rome path
All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
doors wish return
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.
people useless sensible
Sensible people find nothing useless.
diversity motto my-motto
Diversity, that is my motto.
return weakness sin
But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
running use punctuality
It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.
reason forts plus
La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. The reason of the strongest is always the best.
break
Je plie, et ne romps pas. I bend but do not break.
folly alas
Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great. [Fr., Helas! on voit que de tout temps Les Petits ont pati des sottises des grands.]