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If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.
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
Lawyer
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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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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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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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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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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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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