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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully: a clown, whatever he may do, will never pass for a gentleman. [Fr., Ne forcons point notre talent Nous ne ferions rien avec grace: Jamais un lourdaud, quoi qu'il fasse, Ne saurit passer pour galant.]
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl. [Fr., Honteux comme un renard qu'une poule aurait pris.]
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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