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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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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One returns to the place one came from.
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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity). [Fr., Mais un pripon d'enfant (cet age est sans pitie).
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Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil. [Fr., Tout faiseur de journaux doit tribut au Malin.]
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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Still people are dangerous.
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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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Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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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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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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