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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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
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Writer
Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity). [Fr., Mais un pripon d'enfant (cet age est sans pitie).
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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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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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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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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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