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In this world we must help one another.
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
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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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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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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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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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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I bend but do not break.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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