Death never takes the wise man by surprise; he is always ready to go.
La mort ne surprend point le sage, il est toujours pret a partir.
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Original Citation
La Fontaine, Jean. Fables Choisies [La Fontaine's Fables]. Paris: Chez Denys Thierry and Claude Barbin, 1678, bk. 8, no. 1.
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Current Citation
La Fontaine, Jean. "Death and the Dying Man." The Complete Fables of Jean de La Fontaine, translated by Norman R. Shapiro. University of Illinois Press, 2007.
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