Quotes by : Jean de La Fontaine

Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.

Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it: nothing is commoner than the name, nothing....

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.

Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Rien ne sert de courir il faut partir à point

By the work one knows the workman.