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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.

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
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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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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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In this world we must help one another.
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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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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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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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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl. [Fr., Honteux comme un renard qu'une poule aurait pris.]
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We believe no evil till the evil's done
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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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The good, we do it the evil, that is fortune man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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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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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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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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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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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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