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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
Lawyer
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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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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Patience et longueur de temps Font plus que force ni que rage. Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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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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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil's done. [Fr., Nous n'ecoutons d'instincts que ceux qui sont les notres. Et ne croyons le mal que quand il est venu.]
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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