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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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We are never content with our lot.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. [Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.]
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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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By the work one knows the workman.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion. [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis Que les imitateurs.]
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Still people are dangerous.
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity). [Fr., Mais un pripon d'enfant (cet age est sans pitie).
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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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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We believe no evil till the evil's done
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