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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
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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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Persistence
Perseverance
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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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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.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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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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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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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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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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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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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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Still people are dangerous.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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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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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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