“The strongest passion is fear.”
Fear
“By the work one knows the workman.”
ArtAll Quotes by Jean de La Fontaine
“We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.”
Fear“It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.”
Dad“Patience and time do more than strength or passion.”
Patience“Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.”
Men“By the work one knows the workman.”
Art“Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.”
Friendship“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.”
Future“Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.”
Power“Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.”
Death“Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.”
Fear“Sadness flies away on the wings of time.”
Sad“Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.”
Friendship“Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.”
Fear“Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.”
Learning“People must help one another it is nature's law.”
Nature