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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.
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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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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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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