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Jean de La Fontaine Quotes: We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
         

We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.


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