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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.

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
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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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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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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We are never content with our lot.
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We believe no evil till the evil's done
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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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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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves. [Fr., Lynx envers nos pareils, et taupes envers nous.]
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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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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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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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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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