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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.

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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Quand
Wants
Bien
Everything
Auteur
Much
Auteurs
Good
Tout
Faire
Spoils
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