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Cats know not how to pardon.
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
Pardon
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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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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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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I bend but do not break.
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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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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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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.]
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The strongest passion is fear.
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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure. The reason of the strongest is always the best.
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