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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
Fabulist
French Moralist
Lawyer
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
Beggary
Beggar
Emperor
Buried
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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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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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I bend but do not break.
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We are never content with our lot.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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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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