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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity). [Fr., Mais un pripon d'enfant (cet age est sans pitie).
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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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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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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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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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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