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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
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French Moralist
Lawyer
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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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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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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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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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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