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Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.

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
Knowledge
Lost
Nothing
Studious
Fools
Despise
Fool
Wise

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