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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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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Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil. [Fr., Tout faiseur de journaux doit tribut au Malin.]
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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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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully: a clown, whatever he may do, will never pass for a gentleman. [Fr., Ne forcons point notre talent Nous ne ferions rien avec grace: Jamais un lourdaud, quoi qu'il fasse, Ne saurit passer pour galant.]
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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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 strongest passion is fear.
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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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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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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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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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