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A hare is not caught with a drum.

Jean de La Fontaine

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To hell with pleasure that’s haunted by fear.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Fear Haunt Hell Pleasure
Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
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Ignorance Learning Talk Value
Lynx-eyes toward our equals, and moles to ourselves.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Equality Ourselves
Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise.
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Fools Lost Wisdom
By the work one knows the workman.
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Fame Identity Oneself Work
Gentleness succeeds better than violence.
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Gentle Success Violence
We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
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Fools Fortune Luxury Reading Surround
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
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Avoid Destiny Himself Person Road
Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.
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Animal Kill Oneself Skin
We like to see others, but don’t like others to see through us.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Perception See
Patience and perseverance at length Accomplish more than anger or brute strength.
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Accomplishment Patience Perseverance Strength
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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Bringing Goodness Misfortune
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE

Dangerous Enemy Friendship Preferance
Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully.
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Grace Talent
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
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Appearance Judgement Live
O love, when thou gettest dominion over us, we may bid good-by to prudence.
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Dominate Ourselves Prudence

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