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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
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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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Un auteur ga te tout quand il veut trop bien faire. An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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We are never content with our lot.
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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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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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In this world we must help one another.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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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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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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I bend but do not break.
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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