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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
Rarer
Rare
Friendship
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves. [Fr., Lynx envers nos pareils, et taupes envers nous.]
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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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The good, we do it the evil, that is fortune man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil's done. [Fr., Nous n'ecoutons d'instincts que ceux qui sont les notres. Et ne croyons le mal que quand il est venu.]
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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You've tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead They will open a window and return.
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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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Patience et longueur de temps Font plus que force ni que rage. Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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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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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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