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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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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.
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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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Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Still people are dangerous.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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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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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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Un auteur ga te tout quand il veut trop bien faire. An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion. [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis Que les imitateurs.]
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire
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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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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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