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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
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French Moralist
Lawyer
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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We believe no evil till the evil's done
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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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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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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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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
Jean de La Fontaine
One returns to the place one came from.
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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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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves. [Fr., Lynx envers nos pareils, et taupes envers nous.]
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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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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