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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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The good, we do it the evil, that is fortune man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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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 editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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