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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
Writer
Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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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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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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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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Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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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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But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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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 become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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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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Every one turns his dreams into realities as far as he can man is cold as ice to the truth, hot as fire to falsehood.
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By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.
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