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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
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Diversity
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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We believe no evil till the evil's done
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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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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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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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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We are never content with our lot.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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