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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
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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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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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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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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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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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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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One returns to the place one came from.
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We are never content with our lot.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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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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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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