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See Franklin Delano Roosevelt {636844} and Henry David Thoreau {35833} for similar later statements.


The President later addressed this in his "We have nothing to fear but fear itself" speech – See {636844}.


Jean de La Fontaine
Jean de La Fontaine
  • Born: July 8, 1621
  • Died: April 13, 1695
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Poet

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.