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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
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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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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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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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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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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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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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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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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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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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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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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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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By the work one knows the workman.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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