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“ ”Todos los cerebros del mundo son impotentes contra cualquier estupidez que esté de moda.
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
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.
Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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>