For thee I'll trace in verses which I write Some sketches, … - Jean de La Fontaine

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For thee I'll trace in verses which I write Some sketches, paintings which indeed are light, And if the prize of pleasing thee I do not bear away, At least, the honour I shall have of having tried I say.

Jean de La Fontaine

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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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Alternative Names: J. de La Fontaine • Jean de la Fontaine • Jean de Lafontaine

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'Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own;
Believe no evil till the evil's done.

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