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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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Better to suffer than to die.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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We are never content with our lot.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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The worst time is always the present.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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In this world we must help one another.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Help yourself and heaven will help you.
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear!
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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From a distance it is something and nearby it is nothing.
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Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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A fly sat on the chariot wheel And said 'What a dust I raise.'
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The more wary you are of danger the more likely you are to meet it.
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Man is so made that whenever anything fires his soul impossibilities vanish.
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Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
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All roads lead to Rome; but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats; neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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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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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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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.