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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.]
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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Chateau-Thierry
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion. [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis Que les imitateurs.]
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La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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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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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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Une ample Come die a' cent actes divers, Et dont la sce' ne est l'Univers. A grand comedy in one hundred different acts, On the stage of the universe.
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I bend but do not break.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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We believe easily what we fear of what we desire
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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