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One returns to the place one came from.
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
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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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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves. [Fr., Lynx envers nos pareils, et taupes envers nous.]
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. [Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.]
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil's done. [Fr., Nous n'ecoutons d'instincts que ceux qui sont les notres. Et ne croyons le mal que quand il est venu.]
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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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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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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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We believe no evil till the evil's done
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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