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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
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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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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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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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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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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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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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. [Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.]
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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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