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Jean de La Fontaine

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“By the work one knows the workman.”— Jean de La Fontaine
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“It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.”— Jean de La Fontaine
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“Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.”— Jean de La Fontaine
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“Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.”— Jean de La Fontaine
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“Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.”— Jean de La Fontaine
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“The strongest passion is fear.”— Jean de La Fontaine
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“We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.”— Jean de La Fontaine
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“Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.”— Jean de La Fontaine
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“Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.”— Jean de La Fontaine
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“A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.”— Jean de La Fontaine
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“Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.”— Jean de La Fontaine
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“Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.”— Jean de La Fontaine
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“People must help one another it is nature's law.”— Jean de La Fontaine
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“Patience and time do more than strength or passion.”— Jean de La Fontaine
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“Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.”— Jean de La Fontaine
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“Sadness flies away on the wings of time.”— Jean de La Fontaine