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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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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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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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In this world we must help one another.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl. [Fr., Honteux comme un renard qu'une poule aurait pris.]
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We are never content with our lot.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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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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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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