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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
Fabulist
French Moralist
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Silent people are dangerous others are not so. [Fr., Les gens sans bruit sont dangereux Il n'en est pas ainsi des autres.]
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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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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Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully: a clown, whatever he may do, will never pass for a gentleman. [Fr., Ne forcons point notre talent Nous ne ferions rien avec grace: Jamais un lourdaud, quoi qu'il fasse, Ne saurit passer pour galant.]
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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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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves. [Fr., Lynx envers nos pareils, et taupes envers nous.]
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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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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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