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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
— Jean de La Fontaine
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Jean de La Fontaine
fabulist, poet, lawyer, children's writer, French moralist, writer, playwright
1621 – 1695
Jean de La Fontaine was a 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, as well as in French regional languages.
All Quotes by Jean de La Fontaine
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
— Jean de La Fontaine
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
— Jean de La Fontaine
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
— Jean de La Fontaine
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The argument of the strongest is always the best.
— Jean de La Fontaine
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
— Jean de La Fontaine
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People must help one another; it is nature's law.
— Jean de La Fontaine
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Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
— Jean de La Fontaine
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism — this is the art of living.
— Jean de La Fontaine
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We then saw what St. Jerome said of those who serve God and those who serve the world: "Each to the other we seem insane": Invicem insanire videmur. There is a never-ending duel between the two.
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The fly of the coach.
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No path of flowers leads to glory.
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"They are too green", he said, "and only good for fools".
— Jean de La Fontaine
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
— Jean de La Fontaine