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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.
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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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl. [Fr., Honteux comme un renard qu'une poule aurait pris.]
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We believe no evil till the evil's done
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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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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity). [Fr., Mais un pripon d'enfant (cet age est sans pitie).
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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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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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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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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