What did Jean de La Fontaine mean by: Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France Copy
+ Nothing weighs more than a secret. Feraz Zeid, October 4, 2023December 26, 2023, Jean de La Fontaine, Secret, 0 - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ The strongest passion is fear. Feraz Zeid, July 26, 2023December 12, 2023, Jean de La Fontaine, Passion, Strength, 0 - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ The ruins of a house may be repaired; why cannot those of the face? Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024January 18, 2024, Jean de La Fontaine, House, Ruins, 0 - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood. Feraz Zeid, November 1, 2023December 26, 2023, Jean de La Fontaine, Fire, Lying, 0 - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ Sensible people find nothing useless. Feraz Zeid, June 12, 2023December 12, 2023, Jean de La Fontaine, Happiness, Success, 0 - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024January 18, 2024, Jean de La Fontaine, Behavior, 0 - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024January 18, 2024, Jean de La Fontaine, Kings, Powerful, 0 - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ Religious contention is the devil’s harvest. Feraz Zeid, July 15, 2023December 12, 2023, Jean de La Fontaine, Argument, Devil, Religion, 0 - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Women, in general, are not attracted to art at all, nor knowledge, and not at all to genius. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It is in vain to ridicule a rich fool, for the laughers will be on his side. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France