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Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil. [Fr., Tout faiseur de journaux doit tribut au Malin.]
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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Still people are dangerous.
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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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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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The strongest passion is fear.
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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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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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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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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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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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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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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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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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