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We are never content with our lot.

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
Playwright
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
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Jean de Lafontaine
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl. [Fr., Honteux comme un renard qu'une poule aurait pris.]
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I bend but do not break.
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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire
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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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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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In this world we must help one another.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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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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