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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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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Still people are dangerous.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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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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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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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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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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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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Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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