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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
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French Moralist
Lawyer
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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We believe no evil till the evil's done
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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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 heed no instincts but our own.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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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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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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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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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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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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