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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
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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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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Patience et longueur de temps Font plus que force ni que rage. Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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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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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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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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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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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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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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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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Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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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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