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Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends.

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
Literature
Friends
Lying
Always
Amis
Temps
Sont
Tout
Lies

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