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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.
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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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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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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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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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure 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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