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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.

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
Victory
Heart
Finest
Conquer

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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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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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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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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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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves. [Fr., Lynx envers nos pareils, et taupes envers nous.]
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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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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Diversity, that is my motto.
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