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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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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Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil. [Fr., Tout faiseur de journaux doit tribut au Malin.]
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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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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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl. [Fr., Honteux comme un renard qu'une poule aurait pris.]
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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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Better to suffer than to die.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity). [Fr., Mais un pripon d'enfant (cet age est sans pitie).
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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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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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