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We heed no instincts but our own.

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
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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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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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
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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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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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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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Still people are dangerous.
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In this world we must help one another.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves. [Fr., Lynx envers nos pareils, et taupes envers nous.]
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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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