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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire

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
Easily
Desire
Fear
Believe
Credulity

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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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In this world we must help one another.
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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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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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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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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Patience et longueur de temps Font plus que force ni que rage. Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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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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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Un auteur ga te tout quand il veut trop bien faire. An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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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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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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