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Diversity, that is my motto.

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
Motto
Variety
Diversity

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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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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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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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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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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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I bend but do not break.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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