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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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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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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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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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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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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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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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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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