Jean de La Fontaine
Jean de La Fontaine
Jean de La Fontainewas the most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, and in French regional languages...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth8 July 1621
CountryFrance
ducks littles trouble
In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
love friendship true-friend
Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
temptation victory tears
Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
friendship birthday memories
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
flattery expenses flatterer
Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
skins lions lioness
Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
names fool commoners
Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
danger dangerous dangerous-things
The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.
peacock feathers
Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
broken-heart heartbreak heartbroken
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
rogues way certain
Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
diversity motto my-motto
Diversity, that is my motto.
two may said
It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
winning race swiftness
To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start