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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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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Silent people are dangerous others are not so. [Fr., Les gens sans bruit sont dangereux Il n'en est pas ainsi des autres.]
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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In this world we must help one another.
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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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One returns to the place one came from.
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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