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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
Brutes
Persistence
Perseverance
Patience
Anger
Strength
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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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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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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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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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Better to suffer than to die.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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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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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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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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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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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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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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