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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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Jean de La Fontaine
Age: 73 †
Born: 1621
Born: June 8
Died: 1695
Died: April 13
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French Moralist
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl. [Fr., Honteux comme un renard qu'une poule aurait pris.]
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Un auteur ga te tout quand il veut trop bien faire. An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil. [Fr., Tout faiseur de journaux doit tribut au Malin.]
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion. [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis Que les imitateurs.]
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves. [Fr., Lynx envers nos pareils, et taupes envers nous.]
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You've tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead They will open a window and return.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man's perfidy will rebound on himself.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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