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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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
Lawyer
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Writer
Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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We believe no evil till the evil's done
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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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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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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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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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl. [Fr., Honteux comme un renard qu'une poule aurait pris.]
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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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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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Un auteur ga te tout quand il veut trop bien faire. An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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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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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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