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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
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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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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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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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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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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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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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire
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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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The good, we do it the evil, that is fortune man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil. [Fr., Tout faiseur de journaux doit tribut au Malin.]
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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