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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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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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You've tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead They will open a window and return.
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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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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Un auteur ga te tout quand il veut trop bien faire. An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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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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