Jean de La Fontaine

"He knoweth the universe, and himself he knoweth not."

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Source: Fables, VIII. 26, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 419-23, 1922.

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Jean de La Fontaine

Jean de La Fontaine

Poet, Fabulist

Jean de La Fontaine was a French poet renowned for his fables that blend humor with moral lessons, influencing literature and moral philosophy.

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