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Jean de la Fontaine

Jean de la Fontaine

French writer

Lived from: 1621 - 1695

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagFrance

Born: 8 july 1621 Died: 13 april 1695

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  • Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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  • Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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  • Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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  • Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
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  • The argument of the strongest is always the best.
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  • A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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  • By the work one knows the workmen.
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  • Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.
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  • Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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  • Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.
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  • Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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  • Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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  • He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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  • Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.
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  • In short, luck's always to blame.
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  • It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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  • Luck's always to blame.
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  • Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish
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  • Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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  • Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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