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I bend but do not break.

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
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Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
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Religious contention is the devil's harvest.
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Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.
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One returns to the place one came from.
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