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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
Heart
Finest
Conquer
Victory

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In this world we must help one another.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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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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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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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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Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
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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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Diversity, that is my motto.
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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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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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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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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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