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In this world we must help one another.
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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We are never content with our lot.
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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.]
Jean de La Fontaine
But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity). [Fr., Mais un pripon d'enfant (cet age est sans pitie).
Jean de La Fontaine
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
Jean de La Fontaine
By the work one knows the workman.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
Jean de La Fontaine
Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil. [Fr., Tout faiseur de journaux doit tribut au Malin.]
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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.]
Jean de La Fontaine
Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
Jean de La Fontaine
Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
Jean de La Fontaine
No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
Jean de La Fontaine
Un auteur ga te tout quand il veut trop bien faire. An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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