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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. [Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.]
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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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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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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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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The fastidious are unfortunate nothing satisfies them.
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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl. [Fr., Honteux comme un renard qu'une poule aurait pris.]
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves. [Fr., Lynx envers nos pareils, et taupes envers nous.]
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One returns to the place one came from.
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