Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
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We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.
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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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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Nous n'écoutons d'instincts que ceux qui sont les nôtres,Et ne croyons le mal que quand il est venu.
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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Patience et longueur de tempsFont plus que force ni que rage.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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La mort ne surprend point le sage:Il est toujours prêt à partir.
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We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Il connaît l’univers, et ne se connaît pas.
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Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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People who make no noise are dangerous.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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L'homme est ainsi bâti: Quand un sujet l'enflammeL'impossibilité disparaît à son âme.
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L'histoire, encore que mensongère,Contient des vérités qui servent de leçons.Tout parle en mon ouvrage, et même les poissons.Ce qu'ils disent s'adresse à tout tant que nous sommes;Je me sers d'animaux pour instruire les hommes.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.