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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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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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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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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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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 returns to the place one came from.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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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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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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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 hare is not caught with a drum.
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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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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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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man's perfidy will rebound on himself.
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