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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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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 believe easily what we fear of what we desire
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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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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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 a rascal of a child (that age is without pity). [Fr., Mais un pripon d'enfant (cet age est sans pitie).
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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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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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We believe no evil till the evil's done
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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