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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
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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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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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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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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