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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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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 weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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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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One returns to the place one came from.
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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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La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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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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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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