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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
Fabulist
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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Better to suffer than to die.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity). [Fr., Mais un pripon d'enfant (cet age est sans pitie).
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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I bend but do not break.
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Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil. [Fr., Tout faiseur de journaux doit tribut au Malin.]
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