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This is called the most elegant of the Fables of La Fontaine, though it is perhaps told with less simplicity than is generally his perfection. But the close is admirable.
"Quand on eut bien considéré
L'interêt du public, celui de la patrie,
Le résultat enfin de la suprême cour
Fut, de condamner la Folie
A servir de guide à l'Amour."
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"And stake against Love's bow his bauble."
When kings and great men, to divert the tedious
