Quotation
Quote by Jean de La Fontaine
Les animaux sont les précepteurs des hommes dans mon ouvrage.
Explore the idea
Understanding this quote
The speaker presents animals as sources of instruction for human beings. In this work, observing or considering animals helps people learn; they are not only subjects to be described, but figures from whom people can gain understanding.
Source & trust
About this quotation
- Source
- Wikisource, Œuvres complètes de La Fontaine, 1874 edition
- Format
- Article
Explore the idea
Topics
Join the community
Keep meaningful words close.
Save quotes, follow people and topics, join conversations, and publish words of your own.
Conversation
0 comments
No comments yet.
Start the conversation about this quote.
“You play the way you practice.”
Read quote“I try to learn something new every day.”
“At GEMS Education, we believe that education is not only about academic achievement, but about preparing young people to thrive in a complex and fast changing world.”
“I hope to be remembered as a ‘voice’ encouraging people to think, rather than as a personality whose felt status and charisma stopped them thinking.”
“I have an endless curiosity.”
“One child, one teacher, one pen and one book can change the world.”
“Let truth be your guide.”
“I like to have the freedom a novelist has.”
“I am who I am today because I have the heart of a teacher. I may have quit my teaching job but I’ve never quit being a teacher.”
“English poetry is wonderful but it is not for me.”
When the Dough Began to Speak
Noor’s first cooking class goes wrong in every measurable way. Then she discovers that the students already know how to teach each other.
Read Story