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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
Fabulist
French Moralist
Lawyer
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.
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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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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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The ruins of a house may be repaired why cannot those of the face?
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