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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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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Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil. [Fr., Tout faiseur de journaux doit tribut au Malin.]
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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The good, we do it the evil, that is fortune man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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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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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
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