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I bend but do not break.

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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Still people are dangerous.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil's done. [Fr., Nous n'ecoutons d'instincts que ceux qui sont les notres. Et ne croyons le mal que quand il est venu.]
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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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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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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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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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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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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Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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