Quotes by Jean de La Fontaine

"Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer."
— Jean de La Fontaine
"A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it."
— Jean de La Fontaine
"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
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Jean de La Fontaine (UK: /ˌlæ fɒnˈtɛn, -ˈteɪn/, US: /ˌlɑː fɒnˈteɪn, lə -, ˌlɑː foʊnˈtɛn/; French: [ʒɑ̃ d(ə) la fɔ̃tɛn]; 8 July 1621 – 13 April 1695) was a French fabulist and one of the most widely re...