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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire
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
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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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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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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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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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity). [Fr., Mais un pripon d'enfant (cet age est sans pitie).
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Patience et longueur de temps Font plus que force ni que rage. Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl. [Fr., Honteux comme un renard qu'une poule aurait pris.]
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