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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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Dangerous
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly to be gay without being boisterous to be courageous without being bold to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism - this is the art of living.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Une ample Come die a' cent actes divers, Et dont la sce' ne est l'Univers. A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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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 editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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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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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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The strongest passion is fear.
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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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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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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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