# Jean de La Fontaine

- Quotes: 39
- Author page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jean-de-la-fontaine

## Books

- [Fables](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jean-de-la-fontaine/fables.md) — 72 quotes

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> A hungry stomach cannot hear.

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> Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.

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> Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.

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> Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.

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> Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.

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> Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.

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> Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

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> People who make no noise are dangerous.

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> On the wings of Time grief flies away.

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> The ant is no lender; that is the least of her faults.

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> There's nothing useless to a man of sense.

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> By the work one knows the workman.

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