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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
Fabulist
French Moralist
Lawyer
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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Bold
Live
Cheerful
Without
Courageous
Life
Gay
Trust
Recklessly
Show
Fatalism
Living
Boisterous
Art
Resignation

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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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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 become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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Still people are dangerous.
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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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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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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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The strongest passion is fear.
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