fontaine Quotes

“By the work one knows the workman.”

“It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.”

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

“Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.”

“The strongest passion is fear.”

“We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.”

“Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.”

“Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.”

“Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.”

“Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.”