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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
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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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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Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil. [Fr., Tout faiseur de journaux doit tribut au Malin.]
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire
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We are never content with our lot.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil's done. [Fr., Nous n'ecoutons d'instincts que ceux qui sont les notres. Et ne croyons le mal que quand il est venu.]
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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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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