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The good, we do it the evil, that is fortune man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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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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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl. [Fr., Honteux comme un renard qu'une poule aurait pris.]
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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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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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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Better to suffer than to die.
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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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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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