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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
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Writer
Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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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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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire
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The strongest passion is fear.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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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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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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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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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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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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