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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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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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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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We believe no evil till the evil's done
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The good, we do it the evil, that is fortune man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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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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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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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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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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