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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
Fabulist
French Moralist
Lawyer
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
Vigorous
Cheerful
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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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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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully: a clown, whatever he may do, will never pass for a gentleman. [Fr., Ne forcons point notre talent Nous ne ferions rien avec grace: Jamais un lourdaud, quoi qu'il fasse, Ne saurit passer pour galant.]
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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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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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Une ample Come die a' cent actes divers, Et dont la sce' ne est l'Univers. A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man's perfidy will rebound on himself.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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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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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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