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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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
Lawyer
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Une ample Come die a' cent actes divers, Et dont la sce' ne est l'Univers. A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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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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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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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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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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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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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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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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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. [Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.]
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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