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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
Done
Believe
Till
Instinct
Evil

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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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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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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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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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Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil. [Fr., Tout faiseur de journaux doit tribut au Malin.]
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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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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire
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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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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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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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Still people are dangerous.
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