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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
Suffer
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Suffering
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Still people are dangerous.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully: a clown, whatever he may do, will never pass for a gentleman. [Fr., Ne forcons point notre talent Nous ne ferions rien avec grace: Jamais un lourdaud, quoi qu'il fasse, Ne saurit passer pour galant.]
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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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By the work one knows the workman.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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In this world we must help one another.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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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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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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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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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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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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