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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.

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
Poet
Writer
Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
Better
Tomorrow
Half
Today

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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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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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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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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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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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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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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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Better to suffer than to die.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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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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