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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
Fabulist
French Moralist
Lawyer
Playwright
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Writer
Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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One often has need of one inferior to 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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You've tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead They will open a window and return.
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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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One returns to the place one came from.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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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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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly to be gay without being boisterous to be courageous without being bold to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism - this is the art of living.
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Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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We are never content with our lot.
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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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