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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
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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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.]
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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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Better to suffer than to die.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly to be gay without being boisterous to be courageous without being bold to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism - this is the art of living.
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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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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.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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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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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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