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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.

Jean de La Fontaine

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Jean de La Fontaine
Age: 73 †
Born: 1621
Born: June 8
Died: 1695
Died: April 13
Fabulist
French Moralist
Lawyer
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
Suffering
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Motto
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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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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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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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I bend but do not break.
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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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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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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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Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil. [Fr., Tout faiseur de journaux doit tribut au Malin.]
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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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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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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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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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