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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
Jean de La Fontaine
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Jean de La Fontaine
Age: 73 †
Born: 1621
Born: June 8
Died: 1695
Died: April 13
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
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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 weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity). [Fr., Mais un pripon d'enfant (cet age est sans pitie).
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One returns to the place one came from.
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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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We believe no evil till the evil's done
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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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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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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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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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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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