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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
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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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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In this world we must help one another.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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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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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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Better to suffer than to die.
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Une ample Come die a' cent actes divers, Et dont la sce' ne est l'Univers. A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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I bend but do not break.
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