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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
Fabulist
French Moralist
Lawyer
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
Cats
Forgiveness
Cat
Pardon

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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion. [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis Que les imitateurs.]
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.
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I bend but do not break.
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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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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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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
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We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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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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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
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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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Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue.
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A hare is not caught with a drum.
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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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