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Jean de La Fontaine Quotes

French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)

Jean de La Fontaine (July 8 1621 – April 13 1695) is a famous French fabulist and the most widely read French poet of the 17th century.

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Alternative Names: J. de La Fontaine • Jean de la Fontaine • Jean de Lafontaine

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Similar: Molière 63.6% Publilius Syrus 63.6% Thomas Fuller 63.4% Voltaire 63.0% Sophocles 62.7% Benjamin Franklin 62.3% Mark Twain 61.8% Aeschylus 61.7% Euripides 61.7% Samuel Johnson 61.4%
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Rien ne pèse tant qu'un secret.

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On the wings of Time grief flies away.

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Je vais t'entretenir de moindres aventures,
Te tracer en ces vers de légères peintures;
Et si de t'agréer je n'emporte le prix,
J'aurai du moins d'honneur de l'avoir entrepris.

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En toute chose il faut considérer la fin.

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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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Laissez dire les sots: le savoir a son prix.

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The opinion of the strongest is always the best.

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Les gens sans bruit sont dangereux.

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Sur les ailes du Temps la tristesse s'envole.

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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.

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No está cubierto de flores el camino a la gloria

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People who make no noise are dangerous.

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Rien ne sert de courir il faut partir à point

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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.

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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

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