Apprenez que tout flatteur
Vit aux dépens de celui qui l'écoute :
Cette leçon vaut bien un fromage, sans doute.

<i>Flatterers thrive on fools' credulity.
The lesson's worth a cheese, don't you agree?</i>

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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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