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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.

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
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
Weakness
Sin
Return
Every
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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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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Une ample Come die a' cent actes divers, Et dont la sce' ne est l'Univers. A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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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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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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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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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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