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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
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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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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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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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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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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I bend but do not break.
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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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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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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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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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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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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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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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