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You've tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead They will open a window and return.
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
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Chateau-Thierry
J. de La Fontaine
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Jean de Lafontaine
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