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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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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man's perfidy will rebound on himself.
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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 can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion. [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis Que les imitateurs.]
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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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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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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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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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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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Un auteur ga te tout quand il veut trop bien faire. An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves. [Fr., Lynx envers nos pareils, et taupes envers nous.]
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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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