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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
Better
Beggary
Beggar
Emperor
Buried
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One returns to the place one came from.
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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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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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Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil. [Fr., Tout faiseur de journaux doit tribut au Malin.]
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire
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In this world we must help one another.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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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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Une ample Come die a' cent actes divers, Et dont la sce' ne est l'Univers. A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
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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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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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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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I bend but do not break.
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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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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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