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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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French Moralist
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
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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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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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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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La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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