Jean de La Fontaine ✓

(1621–1695) librettist Kingdom of France

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[Wikidata] French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)... | [Wikipedia] Jean de La Fontaine was a French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, as well as in French regional languages.

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• A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better. Attitude
• In short, luck's always to blame. Blame
• Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it. Avoid
• Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable. Dangerous
• Help yourself, and Heaven will help you. Heaven
• Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire. Anxiety
• Better to suffer than to die. Better
• Still people are dangerous. Danger
• Half of today is better than all of tomorrow. All
• The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it. Danger
• From a distance it is something; and nearby it is nothing. Distance
• To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear. Fear
• We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us. Funny
• It is good to be charitable; but to whom? That is the point. As to the ungrateful, there is not one who does not at… Charitable
• No path of flowers leads to glory. Flower
• In everything one must consider the end. Consider
• Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value. Ignorance
• It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver. Deceive
• All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion. All
• We risk all in being too greedy. All
• People must help one another; it is nature's law. Help
• 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… Art
• We believe no evil till the evil's done Belief
• Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast. Dangerous
• Rely only on yourself; it is a common proverb. Common

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