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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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
Lawyer
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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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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La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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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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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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