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He knows the universe and does not know himself.

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
Doe
Knowledge
Universe

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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl. [Fr., Honteux comme un renard qu'une poule aurait pris.]
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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You've tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead They will open a window and return.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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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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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly to be gay without being boisterous to be courageous without being bold to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism - this is the art of living.
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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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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Still people are dangerous.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves. [Fr., Lynx envers nos pareils, et taupes envers nous.]
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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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Patience et longueur de temps Font plus que force ni que rage. Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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