What did Jean de La Fontaine mean by: Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France Copy
+ All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean de La Fontaine, Conflict, Opposition, Unity, 0 Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean de La Fontaine, Grace, Moderation, Talent, 0 Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ But the shortest works are always the best. Author, October 30, 2023January 2, 2025, Jean de La Fontaine, Conciseness, Efficiency, Quality, 0 Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean de La Fontaine, Leadership, Power, Unity, 0 Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it. Author, January 18, 2024January 9, 2025, Jean de La Fontaine, Awareness, Fear, Risk, 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
+ Better to suffer than to die. Author, June 7, 2023January 2, 2025, Jean de La Fontaine, Endurance, Suffering, Survival, 0 Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ Sadness flies away on the wings of time. Author, July 9, 2023January 2, 2025, Jean de La Fontaine, Emotions, Healing, 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
Art is not a reflection of reality, it is the reality of a reflection. Read explanation Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
If art, all art, is concerned with truth, then a society in denial will not find much use for it. Jeanette Winterson Author · England
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France