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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
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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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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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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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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity). [Fr., Mais un pripon d'enfant (cet age est sans pitie).
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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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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