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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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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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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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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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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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We believe no evil till the evil's done
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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The good, we do it the evil, that is fortune man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Still people are dangerous.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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