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

  Jean de la Fontaine
  French writer 1621-1695
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. surrounded
2. foolish
3. fortune
4. thought

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

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