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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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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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In this world we must help one another.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly to be gay without being boisterous to be courageous without being bold to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism - this is the art of living.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
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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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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man's perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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