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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.

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
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Open
Traits
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We believe no evil till the evil's done
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We are never content with our lot.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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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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La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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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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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Une ample Come die a' cent actes divers, Et dont la sce' ne est l'Univers. A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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