Quotes by : Jean de La Fontaine

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

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.

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

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

By the work one knows the workman.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.