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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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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Chateau-Thierry
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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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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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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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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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I bend but do not break.
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In this world we must help one another.
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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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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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