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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
Lawyer
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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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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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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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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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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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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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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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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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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We are never content with our lot.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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