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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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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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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Silent people are dangerous others are not so. [Fr., Les gens sans bruit sont dangereux Il n'en est pas ainsi des autres.]
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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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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