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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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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Poet
Writer
Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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Talent
Nothing
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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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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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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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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