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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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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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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves. [Fr., Lynx envers nos pareils, et taupes envers nous.]
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Une ample Come die a' cent actes divers, Et dont la sce' ne est l'Univers. A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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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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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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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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Better to suffer than to die.
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