Alas quotes

Alas

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Jean de La Fontaine
Jean de La Fontaine Poet, Fabulist

"Alas! we see that the small have always suffered for the follies of the great. [Fr., Helas! on voit que de tout temps Les Petits ont pati des sottises des grands.]"

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