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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
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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I bend but do not break.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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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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Better to suffer than to die.
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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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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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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves. [Fr., Lynx envers nos pareils, et taupes envers nous.]
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