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It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

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
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
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Jean de Lafontaine
Pleasure
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Lying
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