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We believe no evil till the evil's done
Jean de La Fontaine
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Jean de La Fontaine
Age: 73 †
Born: 1621
Born: June 8
Died: 1695
Died: April 13
Fabulist
French Moralist
Lawyer
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
Evil
Done
Believe
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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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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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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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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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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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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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We are never content with our lot.
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I bend but do not break.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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