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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
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French Moralist
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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I bend but do not break.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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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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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion. [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis Que les imitateurs.]
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl. [Fr., Honteux comme un renard qu'une poule aurait pris.]
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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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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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