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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
Living
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Beggary
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Emperor
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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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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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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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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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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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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The strongest passion is fear.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly to be gay without being boisterous to be courageous without being bold to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism - this is the art of living.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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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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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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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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