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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
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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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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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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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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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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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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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We believe no evil till the evil's done
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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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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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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