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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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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Gentleness
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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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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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The good, we do it the evil, that is fortune man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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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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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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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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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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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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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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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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