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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.]
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
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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We are never content with our lot.
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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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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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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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Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
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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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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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