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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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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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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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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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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Un auteur ga te tout quand il veut trop bien faire. An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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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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