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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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
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Writer
Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
Victory
Heart
Finest
Conquer
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By the work one knows the workman.
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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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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion. [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis Que les imitateurs.]
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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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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We are never content with our lot.
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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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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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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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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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