“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
“By the work one knows the workman.”
ArtAll Quotes by Jean de La Fontaine
“People must help one another it is nature's law.”
Nature“Patience and time do more than strength or passion.”
Patience“Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.”
Fear“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“By the work one knows the workman.”
Art“The strongest passion is fear.”
Fear“Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.”
Friendship“We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.”
Fear“Sadness flies away on the wings of time.”
Sad“Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.”
Men“Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.”
Friendship“It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.”
Dad“Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.”
Learning“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.”
Future