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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
Fabulist
French Moralist
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Playwright
Poet
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
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Jean de Lafontaine
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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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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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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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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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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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One returns to the place one came from.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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By the work one knows the workman.
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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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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Silent people are dangerous others are not so. [Fr., Les gens sans bruit sont dangereux Il n'en est pas ainsi des autres.]
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
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