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The strongest passion is fear.

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
Fear
Strongest
Passion

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Still people are dangerous.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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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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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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