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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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We heed no instincts but our own.
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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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Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.
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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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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man's perfidy will rebound on himself.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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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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In this world we must help one another.
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