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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start

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
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Timely
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. [Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.]
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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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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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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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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The good, we do it the evil, that is fortune man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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