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Jean de La Fontaine

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Jean de La Fontaine (IPA: [~ d la f~tn] ; 8 July 1621 – 13 April 1695) was the most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his Fables, which provided a model for subsequent fabulists across Europe and numerous alternative versions in France, and in French regional languages.

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Quote Left He knows the universe and does not know himself.
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Quote Left It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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Quote Left Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.
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Quote Left By the work one knows the workmen.
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Quote Left A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
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