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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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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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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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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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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
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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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La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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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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We heed no instincts but our own.
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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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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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Better to suffer than to die.
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Still people are dangerous.
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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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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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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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