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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
Lawyer
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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The strongest passion is fear.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl. [Fr., Honteux comme un renard qu'une poule aurait pris.]
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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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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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. [Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.]
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Better to suffer than to die.
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The good, we do it the evil, that is fortune man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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He knows the universe and does not know 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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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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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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I bend but do not break.
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