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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. [Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.]
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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Diversity, that is my motto.
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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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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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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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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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The good, we do it the evil, that is fortune man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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