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“ ”Tout flatteur vit aux dépens de celui qui l’écoute.
About Jean de la Fontaine
Jean de La Fontaine (July 8 1621 – April 13 1695) is a famous French fabulist and the most widely read French poet of the 17th century.
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Additional quotes by Jean de la Fontaine
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
Chain! Chain you! What! Run you not, then,
just where you please, and when?”
“Not always, sir; but what of that?”
“Enough for me, to spoil your fat!
It ought to be a precious price
which could to servile chains entice;
for me, I’ll shun them while I’ve wit.”
So ran Sir Wolf, and runneth yet.
"Не все погибли от нее, но пострадали все.
("Животные, заболевшие чумой")"