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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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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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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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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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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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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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By the work one knows the workman.
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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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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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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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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We believe no evil till the evil's done
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