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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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
Pleasure
Fear
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Hell
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
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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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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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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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We believe no evil till the evil's done
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion. [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis Que les imitateurs.]
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Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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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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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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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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Silent people are dangerous others are not so. [Fr., Les gens sans bruit sont dangereux Il n'en est pas ainsi des autres.]
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Patience et longueur de temps Font plus que force ni que rage. Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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