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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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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Diversity, that is my motto.
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We are never content with our lot.
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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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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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We believe no evil till the evil's done
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man's perfidy will rebound on himself.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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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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