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We risk all in being too greedy.
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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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
Greediness
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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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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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We believe no evil till the evil's done
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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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Diversity, that is my motto.
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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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The good, we do it the evil, that is fortune man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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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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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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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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