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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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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To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.
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He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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We risk all in being too greedy.
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I bend but do not break.
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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