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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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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Jean de Lafontaine
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully: a clown, whatever he may do, will never pass for a gentleman. [Fr., Ne forcons point notre talent Nous ne ferions rien avec grace: Jamais un lourdaud, quoi qu'il fasse, Ne saurit passer pour galant.]
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. [Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.]
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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man's perfidy will rebound on himself.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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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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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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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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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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Still people are dangerous.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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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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