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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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French Moralist
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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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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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion. [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis Que les imitateurs.]
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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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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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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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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