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Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.

Jean de La Fontaine

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Jean de La Fontaine
Age: 73 †
Born: 1621
Born: June 8
Died: 1695
Died: April 13
Fabulist
French Moralist
Lawyer
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
Brute
Brutes
Persistence
Perseverance
Patience
Anger
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We believe no evil till the evil's done
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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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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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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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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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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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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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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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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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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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