The best Quotes by Jean de la Fontaine

The best Quotes by Jean de la Fontaine

Jean de La Fontaine (8 July 1621 - April 1695) was a 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, as well as in French regional languages.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
People must help one another; it is nature's law.
Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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