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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
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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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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.
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