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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves. [Fr., Lynx envers nos pareils, et taupes envers nous.]

Jean de La Fontaine

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Jean de La Fontaine
Age: 73 †
Born: 1621
Born: June 8
Died: 1695
Died: April 13
Fabulist
French Moralist
Lawyer
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
Toward
Eyes
Eye
Nous
Moles
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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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.
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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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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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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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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).
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By the work one knows the workman.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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