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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
Without
Courageous
Life
Gay
Trust
Recklessly
Show
Fatalism
Living
Boisterous
Art
Resignation
Shows
Bold
Live
Cheerful

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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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The good, we do it the evil, that is fortune man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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You've tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead They will open a window and return.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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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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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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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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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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