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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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
Love
Sole
Temptation
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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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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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La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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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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Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. [Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.]
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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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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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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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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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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