What did Jean de La Fontaine mean by: Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France Copy
+ It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father. Author, June 3, 2023January 2, 2025, Jean de La Fontaine, Approval, Expectations, Relationships, 0 Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean de La Fontaine, Appearance, Deception, Imitation, 0 Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks. Author, June 11, 2023January 2, 2025, Jean de La Fontaine, Caution, Deception, Strategy, 0 Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it. Author, December 29, 2022December 25, 2024, Jean de La Fontaine, Choices, Consequences, Fate, 0 Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ Religious contention is the devil’s harvest. Author, July 15, 2023January 2, 2025, Jean de La Fontaine, Conflict, Evil, Religion, 0 Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it. Author, January 18, 2024January 17, 2025, Jean de La Fontaine, Avoidance, Destiny, Path, 0 Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean de La Fontaine, Love, Victory, Virtue, 0 Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ Patience and time do more than strength or passion. Author, June 19, 2023January 2, 2025, Jean de La Fontaine, Patience, Strength, Time, 0 Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Politics: the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible. Frank Herbert Author · USA
Any fool can have bad luck; the art consists in knowing how to exploit it. Frank Wedekind Playwright · Germany
