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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
Cats
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Rely only on yourself it is a common proverb.
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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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By the work one knows the workman.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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It is no use running to set out betimes is the main point.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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