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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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The good, we do it the evil, that is fortune man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Silent people are dangerous others are not so. [Fr., Les gens sans bruit sont dangereux Il n'en est pas ainsi des autres.]
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I bend but do not break.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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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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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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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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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
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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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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire
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