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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl. [Fr., Honteux comme un renard qu'une poule aurait pris.]

Jean de La Fontaine

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Jean de La Fontaine
Age: 73 †
Born: 1621
Born: June 8
Died: 1695
Died: April 13
Fabulist
French Moralist
Lawyer
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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Sheepish
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Fowl
Foxes

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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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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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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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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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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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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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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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We believe no evil till the evil's done
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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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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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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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