Quotes about Jean De La Fontaine

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

#Jean De La Fontaine

Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.

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

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But the shortest works are always the best.

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

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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.

#Jean De La Fontaine

A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.

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A hungry stomach cannot hear.

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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.

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People who make no noise are dangerous.

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One returns to the place one came from.

#Jean De La Fontaine