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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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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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We are never content with our lot.
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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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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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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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One returns to the place one came from.
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