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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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  • Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend.
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  • Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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  • One often has need of one, inferior to himself.
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  • One returns to the place one came from.
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  • Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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  • Still people are dangerous.
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  • The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.
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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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  • We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune.
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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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  • Patience and the passage of time do more than strength and fury.
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