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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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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I bend but do not break.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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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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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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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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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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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly to be gay without being boisterous to be courageous without being bold to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism - this is the art of living.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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You've tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead They will open a window and return.
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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