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Title: ~ Jean de la Fontaine Quotes ~
Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 01:43:55 PM
Jean de la Fontaine Quotes

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The most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century.
Jean de La Fontaine was the most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century.

Here are some famous quotes by  Jean de la Fontaine. 

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I bend but I do not break.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 01:44:45 PM
Better to suffer than to die.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 01:45:23 PM
We risk all in being too greedy.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 01:47:10 PM
We are never content with our lot.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 01:58:35 PM
By the work one knows the workman.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:01:31 PM
The worst time is always the present.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:04:10 PM
Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:05:15 PM
In this world we must help one another.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:07:32 PM
One returns to the place one came from.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:13:44 PM
Help yourself and heaven will help you.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:15:48 PM
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:16:35 PM
In everything one must consider the end.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:17:27 PM
Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:18:28 PM
To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear!
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:19:32 PM
Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:20:30 PM
It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:21:08 PM
He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:21:52 PM
Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:22:21 PM
Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:22:52 PM
From a distance it is something and nearby it is nothing.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:23:23 PM
Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:24:00 PM
By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:24:28 PM
A fly sat on the chariot wheel And said 'What a dust I raise.'
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:24:56 PM
The more wary you are of danger the more likely you are to meet it.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:25:30 PM
Man is so made that whenever anything fires his soul impossibilities vanish.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:26:13 PM
Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:26:45 PM
All roads lead to Rome; but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:27:15 PM
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats; neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:27:46 PM
Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:28:15 PM
One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist whereas I should keep to the butcher's trade.
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Post by: MysteRy on December 02, 2014, 02:28:41 PM
What a wonderful thing it is to have a good friend. He identifies your innermost desires and spares you the embarrassment of disclosing them to him yourself.