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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
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Pardon
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Forgiveness
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Diversity, that is my motto.
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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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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.
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In every trouble the little ones duck more easily.
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We heed no instincts but our own.
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Still people are dangerous.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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Un auteur ga te tout quand il veut trop bien faire. An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger.
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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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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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Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.
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There is no road of flowers leading to glory.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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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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Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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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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