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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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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Chateau-Thierry
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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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We heed no instincts but our own.
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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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Patience et longueur de temps Font plus que force ni que rage. Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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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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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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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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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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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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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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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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