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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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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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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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Cats know not how to pardon.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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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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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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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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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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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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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
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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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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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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
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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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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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