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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.

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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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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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.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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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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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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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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Still people are dangerous.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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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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