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Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
Jean de La Fontaine



Biography
Author Profession: Poet
Nationality: French
Born: July 8, 1621
Died: April 13, 1695

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I bend and do not break.
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One often has need of one, inferior to himself.
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But the shortest works are always the best.
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There is nothing useless to men of sense.
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Words
Calls, Commoner, Everyone, Fool, Friend, Himself, Name, Nothing, Only, Rarer, Relies, Than, Thing
Definitions
Commoner, Everyone, Fool, Friend, Himself, Name, Nothing, Only, Than, Thing
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