Jean de La Fontaine Quotes
I bend but do not break.
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Jean de La Fontaine, 1621-1695, French Fabulist, Fables, 1668, fable 22
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Jean de La Fontaine was a 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, as well as in French regional languages.