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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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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Chateau-Thierry
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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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Better to suffer than to die.
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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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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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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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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
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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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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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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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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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