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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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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves. [Fr., Lynx envers nos pareils, et taupes envers nous.]
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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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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.]
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The good, we do it the evil, that is fortune man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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I bend but do not break.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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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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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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