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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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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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 fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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We are never content with our lot.
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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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I bend but do not break.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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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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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly to be gay without being boisterous to be courageous without being bold to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism - this is the art of living.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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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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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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