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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
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.
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You've tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead They will open a window and return.
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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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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion. [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis Que les imitateurs.]
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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We believe no evil till the evil's done
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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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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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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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Still people are dangerous.
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