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The good, we do it the evil, that is fortune man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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
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Jean de Lafontaine
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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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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Better to suffer than to die.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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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 satisfies them.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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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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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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