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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
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de Lafontaine
Deal
Deals
Think
Thinking
Foxes
Tricks

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Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.
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Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion even a prudent enemy is preferable.
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I bend but do not break.
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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux, Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
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Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.
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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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To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start
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Patience and perseverance at lengthAccomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.
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We become innocent when we are unfortunate.
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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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Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.
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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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Patience et longueur de temps Font plus que force ni que rage. Patience and longevity Are worth more than force and rage.
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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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Diversity, that is my motto.
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Too many expedients may spoil an affair. [Fr., Le trop d'expedients peut gater une affaire.]
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Sensible people find nothing useless. [Fr., Il n'est rien d'inutile aux personnes de sens.]
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Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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