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Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.
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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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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La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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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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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Silent people are dangerous others are not so. [Fr., Les gens sans bruit sont dangereux Il n'en est pas ainsi des autres.]
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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