Jean de La Fontaine, Fables, IV. 1
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Amour! Amour! quand tu nous tiens On peut bien dire, Adieu, prudence. O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.
— Jean de La Fontaine on Poetry about love
What It Means
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Source: Wikiquote: "Poetry about love" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 464-84.)
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About Jean de La Fontaine
Jean de La Fontaine (July 8 1621 – April 13 1695) is a famous French fabulist and the most widely read French poet of the 17th century.
About Jean de La Fontaine
Jean de La Fontaine (July 8 1621 – April 13 1695) is a famous French fabulist and the most widely read French poet of the 17th century.
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