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Young men, of course, don't want to be guided by old back numbers, but at the same time I know that in my own case I gained a lot by studying the characters of the chiefs under whom I served from time to time. Lord Wolseley, for instance, said: 'Use your common sense rather than book instructions.' Sir Robert Baden-Powell		Friday Jan 16, 2026
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Nothing more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable. Jean de La Fontaine

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Jean de La Fontaine

Jean de La Fontaine

Jean de La Fontaine (July 8, 1621 - April 13, 1695) was the most famous French fabulist and probably the most widely read French poet of the 17th century. [ citation needed ]

According to Flaubert, he was the only French poet to understand and master the texture of the French language before Hugo. A set of postage stamps celebrating La Fontaine and the Fables was issued by France in 1995. A film of his life has been released in France in April 2007 (Jean de La Fontaine - le défi starring Laurent Deutsch).

Other Jean de La Fontaine Quotes

The argument of the stronger man is always the best.

To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.

Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.

From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing.

Death does not surprise a wise man, He is always ready to leave.

Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great.

Alas, it seems that for all time the Small have suffered from the folly of the Great.

It is double pleasing to trick the trickster.

Nothing more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

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

Gentleness succeeds better than violence.

No favor can win gratitude from a cat.

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

What is denominated discretion in man we call cunning in brutes.

Any one entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.

By the work one knows the workman.