Better to suffer than to die.
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Jean de La Fontaine
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The Fables of La Fontaine
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A fly sat on the chariot wheel And said "What a dust I raise."
It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses it would still be just to deem it good for something.
Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.