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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
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French Moralist
Lawyer
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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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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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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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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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire
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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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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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