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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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The good, we do it the evil, that is fortune man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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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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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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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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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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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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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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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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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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One returns to the place one came from.
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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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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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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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