Over 40,000 Famous Quotes Sorted By Topic and Author

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
Topic: Beggary
Author: Jean De La Fontaine
Still people are dangerous.
Topic: Behavior
Author: Jean De La Fontaine
It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
Topic: Deceit
Author: Jean De La Fontaine
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
Topic: Deceit
Author: Jean De La Fontaine
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
Topic: Deception
Author: Jean De La Fontaine
We ought to consider the end in everything.
Topic: End
Author: Jean De La Fontaine
In my end is my beginning.
Topic: End
Author: Jean De La Fontaine
Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
Topic: Enemies
Author: Jean De La Fontaine
Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
Topic: Example
Author: Jean De La Fontaine
A fly sat on the chariot wheel And said "what a dust I raise."
Topic: Flies
Author: Jean De La Fontaine
No flowery road leads to glory.
Topic: Glory
Author: Jean De La Fontaine
Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more.
Topic: Ignorance
Author: Jean De La Fontaine
Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
Topic: Imitation
Author: Jean De La Fontaine
We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
Topic: Innocence
Author: Jean De La Fontaine
'Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil's done.
Topic: Instinct
Author: Jean De La Fontaine
We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness?
Topic: Misery
Author: Jean De La Fontaine
By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
Topic: Patience
Author: Jean De La Fontaine
Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.
Topic: Patience
Author: Jean De La Fontaine
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.
Topic: Possession
Author: Jean De La Fontaine
By the work one knows the workmen.
Topic: Quality
Author: Jean De La Fontaine
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