"Patience and time do more than strength or passion."
"I bend but do not break."
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Source: The Fables of La Fontaine: Book I. Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1668.
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Jean de La Fontaine
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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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