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Still people are dangerous.

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
Poet
Writer
Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully: a clown, whatever he may do, will never pass for a gentleman. [Fr., Ne forcons point notre talent Nous ne ferions rien avec grace: Jamais un lourdaud, quoi qu'il fasse, Ne saurit passer pour galant.]
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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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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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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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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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire
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Patience et longueur de temps Font plus que force ni que rage. Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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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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