What did Jean de La Fontaine mean by: We become innocent when we are unfortunate. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France Copy
+ Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024January 18, 2024, Jean de La Fontaine, Literature, Lying, 0 - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ In this world we must help one another. Feraz Zeid, August 26, 2023December 24, 2023, Jean de La Fontaine, Helping, 0 - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024January 18, 2024, Jean de La Fontaine, Dominion, Love, 0 - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024February 19, 2024, Jean de La Fontaine, Friendship, Ignorance, 0 - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ Rather suffer than die is man’s motto. Feraz Zeid, June 5, 2023December 12, 2023, Jean de La Fontaine, Motto, Suffering, 0 - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain. Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024January 18, 2024, Jean de La Fontaine, Ears, Moderation, Refrain, 0 - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ We believe no evil till the evil’s done Feraz Zeid, October 15, 2023December 26, 2023, Jean de La Fontaine, Believe, Evil, 0 - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
+ Such gluttony second to none Almost ended fatally When a bone choked a wolf as he gulped what he ate Feraz Zeid, January 18, 2024January 18, 2024, Jean de La Fontaine, Bones, Greed, 0 - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Whoever blushes confesses guilt, true innocence never feels shame. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Maybe innocence makes its way easiest through the elemental chaos of this world. Explain - Franz Kafka Writer · Czechia
In addition to innocence, we have to have knowledge of good and evil. Explain - Frederick Lenz Philosopher · USA
Without innocence, nothing can further, as they say in the I Ching. Explain - Frederick Lenz Philosopher · USA
Enjoyment and innocence are the most bashful things: both do not want to be sought. Explain - Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher · Germany
There [is] no innocence more dangerous than the innocence of age. - Gabriel García Márquez Author · Colombia