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Jean de La Fontaine
 
Nationality:   French
 
Date of Birth:   Jul 8, 1621
 
Date of Death:   Apr 13,  1695
 
Profession:   Poet
 
 
 
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A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
 
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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
 
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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
 
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Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.
 
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Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
 
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But the shortest works are always the best.
 
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Patience and time do more than strength or passion.
 
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Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
 
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I bend and do not break.
 
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Luck's always to blame.
 
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The strongest passion is fear.
 
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
 
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People must help one another; it is nature's law.
 
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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
 
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