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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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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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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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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Patience et longueur de temps Font plus que force ni que rage. Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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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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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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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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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Still people are dangerous.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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I bend but do not break.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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