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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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No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]
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Le geai pare des plumes du paon. A bluejay in peacock feathers.
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Un auteur ga te tout quand il veut trop bien faire. An author spoils everything when he wants too much to do good.
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