Jean de La Fontaine Quotes

Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.

Jean de La Fontaine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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FriendFoolNameNothingEveryone

I was raised in Mississippi, in a family and a community that identified as black, and I have the stories and the experiences to go with it. One of my great-great grandfathers was killed by a gang of white Prohibition patrollers.

Jesmyn Ward

FamilyCommunityBlackWhiteGo

My mother was a very difficult woman to please. She was the sort of woman who thought that if I were praised I would get above myself.

Mem Fox

MotherMyselfWomanThoughtSheGet

It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or sympathize; so a man would rather leave behind him the portrait of his spirit than a portrait of his face.

Robert Louis Stevenson

LoveRespectManImpossibleFace

Have I made mistakes? Yes, I have. And I admit those.

Robert J. Bentley

MistakesAdmitYesMadeThose

I've always admired the kind of guy who moves into a place and restores it. Thanks to my efforts, the guy who moves into mine will have a chance to do just that.

Michael Feldman

ChancePlaceKindWillThanksGuy

Men say, 'I've loved you since I was 7 years old,' and I say, 'Well, you never contacted me.' And very often women say, 'Do youuuuuu know what I have?' and I want to say, 'Yessssssss, I do.' Because inevitably the answer is, 'An original Shirley Temple doll.'

Shirley Temple

WomenMenMeLovedYouKnow

I enjoy performing for heavily armed people. It's easier than going to Georgia.

Robin Williams

PeopleEnjoyGeorgiaGoingEasier

Sir Hugh Greene is the man I hold most responsible for the state of our country today. For 11 years hardly a week went by without a sniping reference to me. And he gave access to anyone who was prepared to say anything morally subversive.

Mary Whitehouse

TodayManMeWeekCountrySay

Well, I didn't grow up with that word 'retirement' as part of my consciousness. I didn't grow up with professionals that retired. I thought retiring was when you are tired and go to bed.

Ruby Dee

TiredThoughtRetirementGrowYou

Our aim is to set some kind of benchmark and standards for transparency and governance in private philanthropy.

Roshni Nadar

TransparencyKindAimStandardsSet

It's all so personal, isn't it? It's hard to talk about work without talking about things that are personal. Work is personal. I don't want to talk about my personal life, but it's on my mind, and it's in my work.

Michelle Williams

LifeWorkMindTalkingPersonal

If you can have a great story that people can follow the mystery and get the suspense, and then you have those moments of tension and a splash of visual fun, then you kind of get everything. You get your money's worth.

Jason Statham

GreatMoneyFunPeopleStoryYou

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