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We risk all in being too greedy.

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
Risk
Greediness
Greedy
Greed

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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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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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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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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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