“It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.”

—  Jean De La Fontaine

[On] est bien fou de cerveau
Qui prétend contenter tout le monde et son père.
Book III (1668), fable 1.
Fables (1668–1679)

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[On] est bien fou de cerveau Qui prétend contenter tout le monde et son père.

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French poet, fabulist and writer. 1621–1695

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