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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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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves. [Fr., Lynx envers nos pareils, et taupes envers nous.]
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man's perfidy will rebound on himself.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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In this world we must help one another.
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The good, we do it the evil, that is fortune man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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