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A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.
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
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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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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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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Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves. [Fr., Lynx envers nos pareils, et taupes envers nous.]
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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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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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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We are never content with our lot.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Still people are dangerous.
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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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Better to suffer than to die.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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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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As sheepish as a fox captured by a fowl. [Fr., Honteux comme un renard qu'une poule aurait pris.]
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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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