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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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But a rascal of a child (that age is without pity). [Fr., Mais un pripon d'enfant (cet age est sans pitie).
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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Every editor of newspapers pays tribute to the devil.
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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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Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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In this world we must help one another.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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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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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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One should oblige everyone to the extent of one's ability. One often needs someone smaller than oneself.
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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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Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.
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To live lightheartedly but not recklessly to be gay without being boisterous to be courageous without being bold to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism - this is the art of living.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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