Jean de La Fontaine Quotes - Famous Quotations and Funny Sayings

"A throne is only a bench covered with velvet."
Napoleon I &bull Royalty

"A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man, who has no gills."
Ambrose Bierce &bull Oceans

"Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it."
George Bernard Shaw &bull Fools

"Scratching is one of nature's sweetest gratifications, and the one nearest at hand."
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne &bull Pleasure

"As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for."
Josh Billings &bull Success

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(1621-1695) French poet.

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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.

Luck's always to blame.

Still people are dangerous.

One returns to the place one came from.

Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.

We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.

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

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