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Beware, as long as you live, of judging people by appearances.
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Let fools the studious despise,
There's nothing lost by being wise.
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Nothing more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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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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'Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own;
Believe no evil till the evil's done.
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We then saw what St. Jerome said of those who serve God and those who serve the world: "Each to the other we seem insane": Invicem insanire videmur. There is a never-ending duel between the two.
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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Love is a cruel conqueror.
Happy is he who knows him through stories
And not by his blows!
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart availeth not without a timely start.
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It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.
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The opinion of the strongest is always the best.
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Better to suffer than to die: that is mankind's motto.
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There is nothing useless to men of sense: clever people turn everything to account.
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Patience et longueur de temps Font plus que force ni que rage. Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.
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The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.
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For thee I'll trace in verses which I write
Some sketches, paintings which indeed are light,
And if the prize of pleasing thee I do not bear away,
At least, the honor I shall have of having tried I say.
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Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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Born:
July 8, 1621
Died:
April 13, 1695
(aged 73)
Bio:
Jean de La Fontaine was the most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century.
Known for:
La Fontaine's Fables (1694)
The Wolf and the Lamb
Selected Fables
The Ant and the Grasshopper
Fables Choisies
Most used words:
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