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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
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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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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves. [Fr., Lynx envers nos pareils, et taupes envers nous.]
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. [Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.]
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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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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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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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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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully: a clown, whatever he may do, will never pass for a gentleman. [Fr., Ne forcons point notre talent Nous ne ferions rien avec grace: Jamais un lourdaud, quoi qu'il fasse, Ne saurit passer pour galant.]
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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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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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I bend but do not break.
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