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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Jean de La Fontaine

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Jean de La Fontaine
Age: 73 †
Born: 1621
Born: June 8
Died: 1695
Died: April 13
Fabulist
French Moralist
Lawyer
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully: a clown, whatever he may do, will never pass for a gentleman. [Fr., Ne forcons point notre talent Nous ne ferions rien avec grace: Jamais un lourdaud, quoi qu'il fasse, Ne saurit passer pour galant.]
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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Un auteur ga te tout quand il veut trop bien faire. An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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We are never content with our lot.
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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly to be gay without being boisterous to be courageous without being bold to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism - this is the art of living.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. [Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.]
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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