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Jean de La Fontaine Quotes

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

Jean de La Fontaine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: french
Birth: July 8, 1621 - April 13, 1695

Topics

Live Wisdom Men Long You Appearance

The lion's share of what I listened to in the Eighties, what really affected me, was coming from Britain.

Lion Me Coming Share Eighties

My wife holds the kite strings that let me go 'weeeeeee', then she reels me back in.

Wife Kite Me Back Go She

If Republicans are going in the wrong direction, I am still willing to stand up against them.

I Am Stand Up Direction Stand Wrong

If you'd rather go to the football game than read a comic, that's fine. I'd rather do both.

Football Game You Go Fine Rather

Naturally, I'm conservative; I'm a Republican. I always was.

Conservative Republican Always

Most of the time, when I make a big move, people say I am out of my mind. But I don't think about how I can add to what I have today.

Today Time I Am People Mind Think

I would say to my colleague that the misery index, inflation and unemployment, when added together is the lowest it has been in the last series of Presidents, even going back to Jimmy Carter. So I think the Bush administration is doing a good job.

Good Together Job Think Doing Back

In sports, you play up to the level of your opponent, and I did some of my best work with Chevy, and I'm so grateful to have worked opposite him. He was a handful and a challenge, and he made me step up to the plate.

Work Sports Challenge Best Grateful

I come from an improv background, so the one thing I know when I'm doing 'Chozen' is that whatever he's doing at that exact moment is the only thing he's thinking about, and he will do it until he's conquered it.

Moment Thinking Doing Know Will

It's not that I have resisted songwriting, it's just not something I felt I have had to do. I've just not woken up and thought, I must do this. But I have often heard music that I have instantly felt 'I have to sing that song'.

Music Song Thought Songwriting Up

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

William Gilmore Simms

Death Genius Fame Afraid Show Must

I don't take part in texting and those other things myself, so I don't really know if people put as much thought into messaging as they used to into writing letters.

Myself People Writing Thought Know

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