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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
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
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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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We heed no instincts but our own.
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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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One returns to the place one came from.
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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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I bend but do not break.
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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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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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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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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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Rather suffer than die is man's motto.
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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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The finest victory is to conquer one's own heart.
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We believe no evil till the evil's done
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One often has need of one inferior to himself.
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You've tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead They will open a window and return.
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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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Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.
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