“Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.”

— Jean De La Fontaine

Laissez dire les sots: le savoir a son prix.
Book VIII (1678-1679), fable 19 (The Use of Knowledge).
Fables (1668–1679)

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Laiſſez dire les ſots, le ſavoir a ſon prix.

Variant: Laissez dire les sots: le savoir a son prix.

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French poet, fabulist and writer. 1621–1695

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