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Better to suffer than to die.
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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La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil. [Fr., Tout faiseur de journaux doit tribut au Malin.]
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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