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By the work one knows the workman.
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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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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I bend but do not break.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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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 fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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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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