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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.

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
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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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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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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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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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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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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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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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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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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I bend but do not break.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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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 fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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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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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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