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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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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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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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In this world we must help one another.
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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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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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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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