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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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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Chateau-Thierry
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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Une ample Come die a' cent actes divers, Et dont la sce' ne est l'Univers. A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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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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Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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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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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire
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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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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves. [Fr., Lynx envers nos pareils, et taupes envers nous.]
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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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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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