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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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
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Writer
Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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By the work one knows the workman.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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The strongest passion is 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 like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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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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Better to suffer than to die.
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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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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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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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Silent people are dangerous others are not so. [Fr., Les gens sans bruit sont dangereux Il n'en est pas ainsi des autres.]
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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