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La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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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Chateau-Thierry
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You've tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead They will open a window and return.
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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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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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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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