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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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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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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Still people are dangerous.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. [Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.]
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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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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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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I bend but do not break.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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