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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
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil's done. [Fr., Nous n'ecoutons d'instincts que ceux qui sont les notres. Et ne croyons le mal que quand il est venu.]
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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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Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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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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You've tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead They will open a window and return.
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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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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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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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I bend but do not break.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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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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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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