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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
Life
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Recklessly
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Fatalism
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Resignation
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Cheerful
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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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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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
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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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Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil. [Fr., Tout faiseur de journaux doit tribut au Malin.]
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves. [Fr., Lynx envers nos pareils, et taupes envers nous.]
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Better to suffer than to die.
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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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I bend but do not break.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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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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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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