Quote of Jean de La Fontaine - Sadness flies away on the wings...
Biography - Jean de La Fontaine:
French poet.
Born: 1621 - Died: 1695
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1621 - Died: 1695
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
Note
Fables - The Young Widow (La Jeune Veuve)
Source: Fables
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes about time:
In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.
What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
Quotes for: wings
Quotes for: Sadness
A tragedy need not have blood and death it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
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