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We heed no instincts but our own.

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
Playwright
Poet
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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Still people are dangerous.
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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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Patience et longueur de temps Font plus que force ni que rage. Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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In this world we must help one another.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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Cats know not how to pardon.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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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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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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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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The good, we do it the evil, that is fortune man is always right, and destiny always wrong.
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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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Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil. [Fr., Tout faiseur de journaux doit tribut au Malin.]
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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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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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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