Jean de La Fontaine
Quotes
A hungry stomach cannot hear.
Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.
Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
People who make no noise are dangerous.
On the wings of Time grief flies away.
The ant is no lender; that is the least of her faults.
There's nothing useless to a man of sense.
By the work one knows the workman.
